diff --git a/rust/src/mqtt/mqtt.rs b/rust/src/mqtt/mqtt.rs
index 7cd5394d49f7..5f210be8b90d 100644
--- a/rust/src/mqtt/mqtt.rs
+++ b/rust/src/mqtt/mqtt.rs
@@ -838,8 +838,7 @@ export_tx_data_get!(rs_mqtt_get_tx_data, MQTTTransaction);
 #[no_mangle]
 pub unsafe extern "C" fn rs_mqtt_register_parser(cfg_max_msg_len: u32) {
     let default_port = CString::new("[1883]").unwrap();
-    let max_msg_len = &mut MAX_MSG_LEN;
-    *max_msg_len = cfg_max_msg_len;
+    MAX_MSG_LEN = cfg_max_msg_len;
     let parser = RustParser {
         name: PARSER_NAME.as_ptr() as *const std::os::raw::c_char,
         default_port: default_port.as_ptr(),