diff --git a/core/mac/src/sys/legacy/src/utils/src/utils_parser.c b/core/mac/src/sys/legacy/src/utils/src/utils_parser.c
index 07889b2f32ac..a06c4f9db1af 100644
--- a/core/mac/src/sys/legacy/src/utils/src/utils_parser.c
+++ b/core/mac/src/sys/legacy/src/utils/src/utils_parser.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ tSirRetStatus convert_wsc_opaque(tpAniSirGlobal pMac,
 {
 	/* This is awful, I know, but the old code just rammed the IE into */
 	/* an opaque array.  Note that we need to explicitly add the vendorIE and OUI ! */
-	uint8_t curAddIELen = pOld->length;
+	uint16_t curAddIELen = pOld->length;
 
 	pOld->length = curAddIELen + pNew->num_data + 6;
 	pOld->addIEdata[curAddIELen++] = 0xdd;
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ tSirRetStatus convert_p2p_opaque(tpAniSirGlobal pMac,
 {
 	/* This is awful, I know, but the old code just rammed the IE into */
 	/* an opaque array.  Note that we need to explicitly add the vendorIE and OUI ! */
-	uint8_t curAddIELen = pOld->length;
+	uint16_t curAddIELen = pOld->length;
 
 	pOld->length = curAddIELen + pNew->num_data + 6;
 	pOld->addIEdata[curAddIELen++] = 0xdd;
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ tSirRetStatus convert_wfd_opaque(tpAniSirGlobal pMac,
 {
 	/* This is awful, I know, but the old code just rammed the IE into */
 	/* an opaque array.  Note that we need to explicitly add the vendorIE and OUI ! */
-	uint8_t curAddIELen = pOld->length;
+	uint16_t curAddIELen = pOld->length;
 
 	pOld->length = curAddIELen + pNew->num_data + 6;
 	pOld->addIEdata[curAddIELen++] = 0xdd;