diff --git a/include/osmocom/ctrl/control_cmd.h b/include/osmocom/ctrl/control_cmd.h
index d82c9af13..d9092f384 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/ctrl/control_cmd.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/ctrl/control_cmd.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ enum ctrl_node_type {
 };
 
 enum ctrl_type {
-	CTRL_TYPE_UNKNOWN = 0,
+	CTRL_TYPE_UNKNOWN,
 	CTRL_TYPE_GET,
 	CTRL_TYPE_SET,
 	CTRL_TYPE_GET_REPLY,
diff --git a/src/ctrl/control_cmd.c b/src/ctrl/control_cmd.c
index cdec8efbc..d706995f2 100644
--- a/src/ctrl/control_cmd.c
+++ b/src/ctrl/control_cmd.c
@@ -40,13 +40,14 @@
 extern vector ctrl_node_vec;
 
 const struct value_string ctrl_type_vals[] = {
+	{ CTRL_TYPE_UNKNOWN,	"(unknown)" },
 	{ CTRL_TYPE_GET,	"GET" },
 	{ CTRL_TYPE_SET,	"SET" },
 	{ CTRL_TYPE_GET_REPLY,	"GET_REPLY" },
 	{ CTRL_TYPE_SET_REPLY,	"SET_REPLY" },
 	{ CTRL_TYPE_TRAP,	"TRAP" },
 	{ CTRL_TYPE_ERROR,	"ERROR" },
-	{ CTRL_TYPE_UNKNOWN,	NULL }
+	{ 0, NULL }
 };
 
 /* Functions from libosmocom */
diff --git a/tests/ctrl/ctrl_test.ok b/tests/ctrl/ctrl_test.ok
index c4b05e9a4..8f97a27f1 100644
--- a/tests/ctrl/ctrl_test.ok
+++ b/tests/ctrl/ctrl_test.ok
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Checking ctrl types...
-ctrl type 0 is unknown 0x0 [PARSE FAILED]
+ctrl type 0 is (unknown) -> 0 OK
 ctrl type 1 is GET -> 1 OK
 ctrl type 2 is SET -> 2 OK
 ctrl type 3 is GET_REPLY -> 3 OK