diff --git a/src/l2cap_signaling.c b/src/l2cap_signaling.c
index 445c78d05..b63154107 100644
--- a/src/l2cap_signaling.c
+++ b/src/l2cap_signaling.c
@@ -117,14 +117,14 @@ static uint16_t l2cap_create_signaling_internal(uint8_t * acl_buffer, hci_con_ha
     while (*format) {
         switch(*format) {
             case '2': // 16 bit value
-                word = va_arg(argptr, int);
+                word = va_arg(argptr, int);         // LCOV_EXCL_BR_LINE
                 // minimal va_arg is int: 2 bytes on 8+16 bit CPUs
                 acl_buffer[pos++] = word & 0xffu;
                 acl_buffer[pos++] = word >> 8;
                 break;
             case 'D': // variable data. passed: len, ptr
-                word = va_arg(argptr, int);
-                ptr  = va_arg(argptr, uint8_t *);
+                word = va_arg(argptr, int);         // LCOV_EXCL_BR_LINE
+                ptr  = va_arg(argptr, uint8_t *);   // LCOV_EXCL_BR_LINE
                 (void)memcpy(&acl_buffer[pos], ptr, word);
                 pos += word;
                 break;