diff --git a/src/controller/CommissioningWindowOpener.cpp b/src/controller/CommissioningWindowOpener.cpp
index dea5d301237732..a2b32a277348b3 100644
--- a/src/controller/CommissioningWindowOpener.cpp
+++ b/src/controller/CommissioningWindowOpener.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ CHIP_ERROR CommissioningWindowOpener::OpenCommissioningWindow(const Commissionin
         ReturnErrorOnFailure(DRBG_get_bytes(mPBKDFSaltBuffer, sizeof(mPBKDFSaltBuffer)));
         mPBKDFSalt = ByteSpan(mPBKDFSaltBuffer);
     }
+    mPBKDFIterations = params.GetIteration();
 
     bool randomSetupPIN = !params.HasSetupPIN();
     ReturnErrorOnFailure(
@@ -122,7 +123,6 @@ CHIP_ERROR CommissioningWindowOpener::OpenCommissioningWindow(const Commissionin
     mCommissioningWindowVerifierCallback = nullptr;
     mNodeId                              = params.GetNodeId();
     mCommissioningWindowTimeout          = params.GetTimeout();
-    mPBKDFIterations                     = params.GetIteration();
 
     if (params.GetReadVIDPIDAttributes())
     {