diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new_handlers.c
b/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new_handlers.c
index e3526d4..b03f1d7 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new_handlers.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new_handlers.c
@@ -2809,13 +2809,15 @@ dbus_bool_t
wpas_dbus_getter_bss_signal(DBusMessageIter *iter,
 {
        struct bss_handler_args *args = user_data;
        struct wpa_bss *res;
+       s16 level;

        res = get_bss_helper(args, error, __func__);
        if (!res)
                return FALSE;

+       level = (s16)res->level;
        return wpas_dbus_simple_property_getter(iter, DBUS_TYPE_INT16,
-                                               &res->level, error);
+                                               &level, error);
 }