diff --git a/features/FEATURE_BLE/targets/TARGET_NORDIC/TARGET_NORDIC_SOFTDEVICE/TARGET_NRF52/source/btle/btle.cpp b/features/FEATURE_BLE/targets/TARGET_NORDIC/TARGET_NORDIC_SOFTDEVICE/TARGET_NRF52/source/btle/btle.cpp
index cf7836a8eef..a0ce8bbeb9d 100644
--- a/features/FEATURE_BLE/targets/TARGET_NORDIC/TARGET_NORDIC_SOFTDEVICE/TARGET_NRF52/source/btle/btle.cpp
+++ b/features/FEATURE_BLE/targets/TARGET_NORDIC/TARGET_NORDIC_SOFTDEVICE/TARGET_NRF52/source/btle/btle.cpp
@@ -355,9 +355,10 @@ void btle_handler(const ble_evt_t *p_ble_evt)
             uint8_t const data_length_peer =
                 p_gap_evt->params.data_length_update_request.peer_params.max_tx_octets;
 
-            const uint8_t max_data_length = NRF_SDH_BLE_GATT_MAX_MTU_SIZE + 4 /* L2CAP header size */;
-
-            uint8_t const data_length = MIN(max_data_length, data_length_peer);
+            uint8_t const data_length = MIN(
+                NRF_SDH_BLE_GATT_MAX_MTU_SIZE + 4 /* L2CAP header size */,
+                data_length_peer
+            );
 
             ble_gap_data_length_params_t const dlp =
             {