diff --git a/src/app/Command.cpp b/src/app/Command.cpp
index 9fb6a26c99b892..a026b4cd06b0cc 100644
--- a/src/app/Command.cpp
+++ b/src/app/Command.cpp
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ void Command::Shutdown()
     return;
 }
 
-CHIP_ERROR Command::PrepareCommand(const CommandPathParams * const apCommandPathParams)
+CHIP_ERROR Command::PrepareCommand(const CommandPathParams * const apCommandPathParams, bool aIsStatus)
 {
     CHIP_ERROR err = CHIP_NO_ERROR;
 
@@ -159,8 +159,11 @@ CHIP_ERROR Command::PrepareCommand(const CommandPathParams * const apCommandPath
         SuccessOrExit(err);
     }
 
-    err = commandDataElement.GetWriter()->StartContainer(TLV::ContextTag(CommandDataElement::kCsTag_Data), TLV::kTLVType_Structure,
-                                                         mDataElementContainerType);
+    if (!aIsStatus)
+    {
+        err = commandDataElement.GetWriter()->StartContainer(TLV::ContextTag(CommandDataElement::kCsTag_Data),
+                                                             TLV::kTLVType_Structure, mDataElementContainerType);
+    }
 exit:
     ChipLogFunctError(err);
     return err;
@@ -171,13 +174,16 @@ TLV::TLVWriter * Command::GetCommandDataElementTLVWriter()
     return mInvokeCommandBuilder.GetCommandListBuilder().GetCommandDataElementBuilder().GetWriter();
 }
 
-CHIP_ERROR Command::FinishCommand()
+CHIP_ERROR Command::FinishCommand(bool aIsStatus)
 {
     CHIP_ERROR err = CHIP_NO_ERROR;
 
     CommandDataElement::Builder commandDataElement = mInvokeCommandBuilder.GetCommandListBuilder().GetCommandDataElementBuilder();
-    err                                            = commandDataElement.GetWriter()->EndContainer(mDataElementContainerType);
-    SuccessOrExit(err);
+    if (!aIsStatus)
+    {
+        err = commandDataElement.GetWriter()->EndContainer(mDataElementContainerType);
+        SuccessOrExit(err);
+    }
     commandDataElement.EndOfCommandDataElement();
     err = commandDataElement.GetError();
     SuccessOrExit(err);
diff --git a/src/app/Command.h b/src/app/Command.h
index 08d23683685109..48684ee967f67e 100644
--- a/src/app/Command.h
+++ b/src/app/Command.h
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ class Command
      */
     CHIP_ERROR FinalizeCommandsMessage();
 
-    CHIP_ERROR PrepareCommand(const CommandPathParams * const apCommandPathParams);
+    CHIP_ERROR PrepareCommand(const CommandPathParams * const apCommandPathParams, bool aIsStatus = false);
     TLV::TLVWriter * GetCommandDataElementTLVWriter();
-    CHIP_ERROR FinishCommand();
+    CHIP_ERROR FinishCommand(bool aIsStatus = false);
     virtual CHIP_ERROR AddStatusCode(const CommandPathParams * apCommandPathParams,
                                      const Protocols::SecureChannel::GeneralStatusCode aGeneralCode,
                                      const Protocols::Id aProtocolId, const uint16_t aProtocolCode)
diff --git a/src/app/CommandHandler.cpp b/src/app/CommandHandler.cpp
index ca27b4738457e1..dd48804073ad3b 100644
--- a/src/app/CommandHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/app/CommandHandler.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ CHIP_ERROR CommandHandler::AddStatusCode(const CommandPathParams * apCommandPath
     CHIP_ERROR err = CHIP_NO_ERROR;
     StatusElement::Builder statusElementBuilder;
 
-    err = PrepareCommand(apCommandPathParams);
+    err = PrepareCommand(apCommandPathParams, true /* isStatus */);
     SuccessOrExit(err);
 
     statusElementBuilder =
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ CHIP_ERROR CommandHandler::AddStatusCode(const CommandPathParams * apCommandPath
     err = statusElementBuilder.GetError();
     SuccessOrExit(err);
 
-    err = FinishCommand();
+    err = FinishCommand(true /* isStatus */);
 
 exit:
     ChipLogFunctError(err);
diff --git a/src/app/tests/TestCommandInteraction.cpp b/src/app/tests/TestCommandInteraction.cpp
index a053de8336e80d..b96cbfd1f2f06e 100644
--- a/src/app/tests/TestCommandInteraction.cpp
+++ b/src/app/tests/TestCommandInteraction.cpp
@@ -234,8 +234,20 @@ void TestCommandInteraction::ValidateCommandHandlerWithSendCommand(nlTestSuite *
     commandHandler.mpExchangeCtx->SetDelegate(&delegate);
 
     AddCommandDataElement(apSuite, apContext, &commandHandler, aNeedStatusCode, aIsEmptyResponse);
-    err = commandHandler.SendCommandResponse();
-    NL_TEST_ASSERT(apSuite, err == CHIP_ERROR_NOT_CONNECTED);
+    err = commandHandler.FinalizeCommandsMessage();
+    NL_TEST_ASSERT(apSuite, err == CHIP_NO_ERROR);
+
+#if CHIP_CONFIG_IM_ENABLE_SCHEMA_CHECK
+    chip::System::PacketBufferTLVReader reader;
+    InvokeCommand::Parser invokeCommandParser;
+    reader.Init(std::move(commandHandler.mCommandMessageBuf));
+    err = reader.Next();
+    NL_TEST_ASSERT(apSuite, err == CHIP_NO_ERROR);
+    err = invokeCommandParser.Init(reader);
+    NL_TEST_ASSERT(apSuite, err == CHIP_NO_ERROR);
+    err = invokeCommandParser.CheckSchemaValidity();
+    NL_TEST_ASSERT(apSuite, err == CHIP_NO_ERROR);
+#endif
 }
 
 void TestCommandInteraction::TestCommandHandlerWithSendSimpleCommandData(nlTestSuite * apSuite, void * apContext)