diff --git a/libraries/CurieBLE/src/internal/BLECharacteristicImp.cpp b/libraries/CurieBLE/src/internal/BLECharacteristicImp.cpp
index a5a60c57..5616b556 100644
--- a/libraries/CurieBLE/src/internal/BLECharacteristicImp.cpp
+++ b/libraries/CurieBLE/src/internal/BLECharacteristicImp.cpp
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ BLECharacteristicImp::BLECharacteristicImp(BLECharacteristic& characteristic,
     if (NULL != characteristic._value)
     {
         memcpy(_value, characteristic._value, _value_size);
+        _value_length = _value_size;
     }
         
     // Update BLE device object