diff --git a/source/nRF51ServiceDiscovery.cpp b/source/nRF51ServiceDiscovery.cpp
index b89c585..c694d41 100644
--- a/source/nRF51ServiceDiscovery.cpp
+++ b/source/nRF51ServiceDiscovery.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ nRF51ServiceDiscovery::progressCharacteristicDiscovery(void)
     /* Iterate through the previously discovered characteristics cached in characteristics[]. */
     while ((state == CHARACTERISTIC_DISCOVERY_ACTIVE) && (characteristicIndex < numCharacteristics)) {
         if ((matchingCharacteristicUUID == UUID::ShortUUIDBytes_t(BLE_UUID_UNKNOWN)) ||
-            ((matchingCharacteristicUUID == characteristics[characteristicIndex].getShortUUID()) &&
+            ((matchingCharacteristicUUID == characteristics[characteristicIndex].getUUID()) &&
              (matchingServiceUUID != UUID::ShortUUIDBytes_t(BLE_UUID_UNKNOWN)))) {
             if (characteristicCallback) {
                 characteristicCallback(&characteristics[characteristicIndex]);