diff --git a/core/mac/src/pe/lim/lim_process_sme_req_messages.c b/core/mac/src/pe/lim/lim_process_sme_req_messages.c
index 81ced02ff3af..1fec33b2ddbd 100644
--- a/core/mac/src/pe/lim/lim_process_sme_req_messages.c
+++ b/core/mac/src/pe/lim/lim_process_sme_req_messages.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2012-2020 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2021-2022 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2021-2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
  * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
@@ -2138,7 +2138,9 @@ void lim_calculate_tpc(struct mac_context *mac,
 		if (mlme_obj->reg_tpc_obj.ap_constraint_power) {
 			local_constraint =
 				mlme_obj->reg_tpc_obj.ap_constraint_power;
-			reg_max = mlme_obj->reg_tpc_obj.reg_max[i];
+			pe_debug("local constraint: %d"
+				 "power constraint absolute: %d",
+				 local_constraint, is_pwr_constraint_absolute);
 			if (is_pwr_constraint_absolute)
 				max_tx_power = QDF_MIN(reg_max,
 						       local_constraint);