diff --git a/components/bt/controller/esp32c5/Kconfig.in b/components/bt/controller/esp32c5/Kconfig.in
index d4af2e0cb4..5c30bfcc57 100644
--- a/components/bt/controller/esp32c5/Kconfig.in
+++ b/components/bt/controller/esp32c5/Kconfig.in
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ config BT_LE_CRYPTO_STACK_MBEDTLS
 
 config BT_LE_WHITELIST_SIZE
     int "BLE white list size"
-    range 1 15
+    range 1 31
     default 12
     depends on !BT_NIMBLE_ENABLED