diff --git a/src/battle_bg.c b/src/battle_bg.c
index c32f5ec623..cc9f4a15ee 100644
--- a/src/battle_bg.c
+++ b/src/battle_bg.c
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ void InitLinkBattleVsScreen(u8 taskId)
     case 0:
         if (gBattleTypeFlags & BATTLE_TYPE_MULTI)
         {
-            for (i = 0; i < MAX_BATTLERS_COUNT; i++)
+            for (i = 0; i < MAX_LINK_PLAYERS; i++)
             {
                 name = gLinkPlayers[i].name;
                 linkPlayer = &gLinkPlayers[i];
diff --git a/src/battle_controllers.c b/src/battle_controllers.c
index 02276a7e14..4b19e62e5a 100644
--- a/src/battle_controllers.c
+++ b/src/battle_controllers.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static void InitSinglePlayerBtlControllers(void)
             {
                 u8 multiplayerId;
 
-                for (multiplayerId = gRecordedBattleMultiplayerId, i = 0; i < MAX_BATTLERS_COUNT; i++)
+                for (multiplayerId = gRecordedBattleMultiplayerId, i = 0; i < MAX_LINK_PLAYERS; i++)
                 {
                     switch (gLinkPlayers[i].id)
                     {
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ static void InitLinkBtlControllers(void)
         if (gBattleTypeFlags & BATTLE_TYPE_IS_MASTER)
             gBattleMainFunc = BeginBattleIntro;
 
-        for (i = 0; i < MAX_BATTLERS_COUNT; i++)
+        for (i = 0; i < MAX_LINK_PLAYERS; i++)
         {
             switch (gLinkPlayers[i].id)
             {