diff --git a/src/BLECharacteristic.cpp b/src/BLECharacteristic.cpp
index c97927c..60b71ed 100644
--- a/src/BLECharacteristic.cpp
+++ b/src/BLECharacteristic.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,13 @@ bool BLECharacteristic::written() {
 }
 
 void BLECharacteristic::setValue(BLECentral& central, const unsigned char value[], unsigned char length) {
-  this->setValue(value, length);
+  if ( _properties & BLEWriteWithoutResponse ) {
+	this->_valueLength = min(length, this->_valueSize);
+	memcpy(this->_value, value, this->_valueLength);
+  }
+  else {
+	this->setValue(value, length);
+  }
 
   this->_written = true;