diff --git a/src/bacnet/bacapp.c b/src/bacnet/bacapp.c
index 8399447e..6aa0c355 100644
--- a/src/bacnet/bacapp.c
+++ b/src/bacnet/bacapp.c
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ int bacapp_snprintf_value(
     BACNET_APPLICATION_DATA_VALUE *value;
     BACNET_PROPERTY_ID property = PROP_ALL;
     BACNET_OBJECT_TYPE object_type = MAX_BACNET_OBJECT_TYPE;
-    int ret_val = BACNET_STATUS_ERROR;
+    int ret_val = 0;
     int slen = 0;
 #if defined(BACAPP_OCTET_STRING) || defined (BACAPP_TYPES_EXTRA)
     uint8_t *octet_str;
@@ -1561,7 +1561,7 @@ int bacapp_snprintf_value(
                     }
                 }
                 ret_val += slen;
-                slen = snprintf(str, str_len, "%lu",
+                slen = snprintf(str, str_len, "%lu)",
                     (unsigned long)value->type.Object_Id.instance);
                 ret_val += slen;
                 break;
@@ -1643,7 +1643,6 @@ int bacapp_snprintf_value(
                 break;
 #endif
             default:
-                ret_val = 0;
                 break;
         }
     }