diff --git a/subsys/bluetooth/audio/mpl.c b/subsys/bluetooth/audio/mpl.c
index a1c9a321da0..0863db31e2f 100644
--- a/subsys/bluetooth/audio/mpl.c
+++ b/subsys/bluetooth/audio/mpl.c
@@ -2622,43 +2622,41 @@ uint32_t get_commands_supported(void)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BT_MPL_OBJECTS
+
+static bool parse_sci(struct bt_data *data, void *user_data)
+{
+	LOG_DBG("type: %u len %u", data->type, data->data_len);
+	LOG_HEXDUMP_DBG(data->data, data->data_len, "param:");
+
+	if (data->type < MEDIA_PROXY_SEARCH_TYPE_TRACK_NAME ||
+	    data->type > MEDIA_PROXY_SEARCH_TYPE_ONLY_GROUPS) {
+		LOG_DBG("Invalid search type: %u", data->type);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 static void parse_search(const struct mpl_search *search)
 {
-	uint8_t index = 0;
-	struct mpl_sci sci;
-	uint8_t sci_num = 0;
 	bool search_failed = false;
 
 	if (search->len > SEARCH_LEN_MAX) {
 		LOG_WRN("Search too long (%d) - aborting", search->len);
 		search_failed = true;
 	} else {
-		LOG_DBG("Parsing %d octets search", search->len);
+		uint8_t search_ltv[SEARCH_LEN_MAX];
+		struct net_buf_simple buf;
 
-		while (search->len - index > 0) {
-			sci.len = (uint8_t)search->search[index++];
-			if (sci.len < SEARCH_SCI_LEN_MIN) {
-				LOG_WRN("Invalid length field - too small");
-				search_failed = true;
-				break;
-			}
-			if (sci.len > (search->len - index)) {
-				LOG_WRN("Incomplete search control item");
-				search_failed = true;
-				break;
-			}
-			sci.type = (uint8_t)search->search[index++];
-			if (sci.type <  MEDIA_PROXY_SEARCH_TYPE_TRACK_NAME ||
-			    sci.type > MEDIA_PROXY_SEARCH_TYPE_ONLY_GROUPS) {
-				search_failed = true;
-				break;
-			}
-			(void)memcpy(&sci.param, &search->search[index], sci.len - 1);
-			index += sci.len - 1;
+		/* Copy so that we can parse it using the net_buf_simple when search is const */
+		memcpy(search_ltv, search->search, search->len);
 
-			LOG_DBG("SCI # %d: type: %d", sci_num, sci.type);
-			LOG_HEXDUMP_DBG(sci.param, sci.len - 1, "param:");
-			sci_num++;
+		net_buf_simple_init_with_data(&buf, search_ltv, search->len);
+
+		bt_data_parse(&buf, parse_sci, NULL);
+
+		if (buf.len != 0U) {
+			search_failed = true;
 		}
 	}