diff --git a/src/controller/java/src/matter/onboardingpayload/QRCodeOnboardingPayloadParser.kt b/src/controller/java/src/matter/onboardingpayload/QRCodeOnboardingPayloadParser.kt
index 310e452be9f1fb..5635b082315897 100644
--- a/src/controller/java/src/matter/onboardingpayload/QRCodeOnboardingPayloadParser.kt
+++ b/src/controller/java/src/matter/onboardingpayload/QRCodeOnboardingPayloadParser.kt
@@ -102,8 +102,9 @@ class QRCodeOnboardingPayloadParser(private val mBase38Representation: String) {
       if (tag is ContextSpecificTag) {
         info.tag = tag.tagNumber
       }
-      val value = element.value
+
       // update values
+      val value = element.value
       if (value is IntValue) {
         info.int32 = value.value.toInt()
         info.type = OptionalQRCodeInfoType.TYPE_INT32