diff --git a/src/app/InteractionModelEngine.cpp b/src/app/InteractionModelEngine.cpp
index c7c1428de3fdd2..ffaceaae8bc513 100644
--- a/src/app/InteractionModelEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/app/InteractionModelEngine.cpp
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ CHIP_ERROR InteractionModelEngine::OnReadInitialRequest(Messaging::ExchangeConte
     {
         if (!readHandler.IsFree() && readHandler.IsSubscriptionType() &&
             readHandler.GetInitiatorNodeId() == apExchangeContext->GetSessionHandle().GetPeerNodeId() &&
-            readHandler.GetFabricIndex() == apExchangeContext->GetSessionHandle().GetFabricIndex())
+            readHandler.GetAccessingFabricIndex() == apExchangeContext->GetSessionHandle().GetFabricIndex())
         {
             bool keepSubscriptions = true;
             System::PacketBufferTLVReader reader;
diff --git a/src/app/ReadHandler.h b/src/app/ReadHandler.h
index fd1aa040ff54e5..750ed0eeb05f6a 100644
--- a/src/app/ReadHandler.h
+++ b/src/app/ReadHandler.h
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class ReadHandler : public Messaging::ExchangeDelegate
     void ClearDirty() { mDirty = false; }
     bool IsDirty() { return mDirty; }
     NodeId GetInitiatorNodeId() const { return mInitiatorNodeId; }
-    FabricIndex GetFabricIndex() const { return mFabricIndex; }
+    FabricIndex GetAccessingFabricIndex() const { return mFabricIndex; }
 
 private:
     friend class TestReadInteraction;
diff --git a/src/app/reporting/Engine.cpp b/src/app/reporting/Engine.cpp
index 13fd1f8bc30853..1661dbc816ad98 100644
--- a/src/app/reporting/Engine.cpp
+++ b/src/app/reporting/Engine.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ CHIP_ERROR Engine::BuildSingleReportDataAttributeReportIBs(ReportDataMessage::Bu
 
             TLV::TLVWriter attributeBackup;
             attributeReportIBs.Checkpoint(attributeBackup);
-            err = RetrieveClusterData(apReadHandler->GetFabricIndex(), attributeReportIBs, readPath);
+            err = RetrieveClusterData(apReadHandler->GetAccessingFabricIndex(), attributeReportIBs, readPath);
             if (err != CHIP_NO_ERROR)
             {
                 // We met a error during writing reports, one common case is we are running out of buffer, rollback the