diff --git a/src/stkutil.c b/src/stkutil.c
index 8b4c5191..49fe1349 100644
--- a/src/stkutil.c
+++ b/src/stkutil.c
@@ -4596,7 +4596,7 @@ static gboolean build_dataobj_event_type(struct stk_tlv_builder *tlv,
 						const void *data, gboolean cr)
 {
 	const struct stk_event_list list = {
-		.list = { *(uint8_t *) data },
+		.list = { *(enum stk_event_type *) data },
 		.len = 1,
 	};