diff --git a/monai/deploy/operators/png_converter_operator.py b/monai/deploy/operators/png_converter_operator.py
index 72ac551a..fcd2f364 100644
--- a/monai/deploy/operators/png_converter_operator.py
+++ b/monai/deploy/operators/png_converter_operator.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def convert_and_save(self, image, path):
         image_data = image.asnumpy()
         image_shape = image_data.shape
 
-        num_images = image_shape[0]
+        num_images = image_shape[2]
 
         for i in range(0, num_images):
             input_data = image_data[:, :, i]