diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Genesis/CreateTestnetData.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Genesis/CreateTestnetData.hs
index 514ceb005..510789c81 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Genesis/CreateTestnetData.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Genesis/CreateTestnetData.hs
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ runGenesisCreateTestNetDataCmd
             mapAccumM
               (\g' _ -> swap . first getVerificationKey <$> generateInsecureSigningKey g' AsDRepKey)
               g
-              [1 .. numOfStakeDelegators]
+              [1 .. numOfDRepCredentials]
 
     when (0 < numOfDRepCredentials && dRepCredentialGenerationMode == OnDisk) $
       writeREADME drepsDir drepsREADME