diff --git a/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTROTAProviderDelegateBridge.mm b/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTROTAProviderDelegateBridge.mm
index b5675ca4f79bbe..1a68ba09781379 100644
--- a/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTROTAProviderDelegateBridge.mm
+++ b/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTROTAProviderDelegateBridge.mm
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@
     }
 
     if (commandData.location.HasValue()) {
-        commandParams.location = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:commandData.location.Value().data()];
+        NSData * locationData = [NSData dataWithBytes:commandData.location.Value().data() length:commandData.location.Value().size()];
+        commandParams.location = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:locationData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
     }
 
     if (commandData.requestorCanConsent.HasValue()) {