diff --git a/src/netconf_access.cpp b/src/netconf_access.cpp
index 3d54443..e53237b 100644
--- a/src/netconf_access.cpp
+++ b/src/netconf_access.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     case LY_TYPE_STRING:
         return std::string(value->string());
     case LY_TYPE_ENUM:
-        return std::string(value->enm()->name());
+        return enum_{std::string(value->enm()->name())};
     default: // TODO: implement all types
         return "(can't print)"s;
     }
diff --git a/src/sysrepo_access.cpp b/src/sysrepo_access.cpp
index eec6d6c..b01b484 100644
--- a/src/sysrepo_access.cpp
+++ b/src/sysrepo_access.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     case SR_STRING_T:
         return std::string(value->data()->get_string());
     case SR_ENUM_T:
-        return std::string(value->data()->get_enum());
+        return enum_{std::string(value->data()->get_enum())};
     case SR_DECIMAL64_T:
         return value->data()->get_decimal64();
     case SR_CONTAINER_T: