diff --git a/src/controller/AutoCommissioner.cpp b/src/controller/AutoCommissioner.cpp
index 2d4f38a10706c3..f5ec86f0a89632 100644
--- a/src/controller/AutoCommissioner.cpp
+++ b/src/controller/AutoCommissioner.cpp
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ CommissioningStage AutoCommissioner::GetNextCommissioningStageInternal(Commissio
         }
         return CommissioningStage::kFindOperational;
     case CommissioningStage::kFindOperational:
-        return CommissioningStage::kCleanup;
+        return CommissioningStage::kSendComplete;
     case CommissioningStage::kSendComplete:
         return CommissioningStage::kCleanup;