diff --git a/src/pyhf/infer/intervals/upper_limits.py b/src/pyhf/infer/intervals/upper_limits.py
index 6b86d586fe..1e3b488bc9 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/infer/intervals/upper_limits.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/infer/intervals/upper_limits.py
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ def upper_limit(
         model,
         bounds[0],
         bounds[1],
+        level=level,
         from_upper_limit_fn=True,
         **hypotest_kwargs,
     )