diff --git a/components/bt/controller/esp32c5/Kconfig.in b/components/bt/controller/esp32c5/Kconfig.in
index 1419adeb52..5058bf0fb3 100644
--- a/components/bt/controller/esp32c5/Kconfig.in
+++ b/components/bt/controller/esp32c5/Kconfig.in
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ 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