diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index d268b60c6..9193eb6c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ o [NSE][GH#2063] IPP request object conversion to string was not working
 o [NSE][GH#2063] IPP response parser was not correctly processing
   end-of-attributes-tag [nnposter]
 
+o [NSE] Script cups-info was failing due to erroneous double-decoding
+  of the IPP printer status [nnposter]
+
 o [NSE][GH#2010] Oracle TNS parser was incorrectly unmarshalling DALC byte
   arrays [nnposter]
 
diff --git a/scripts/cups-info.nse b/scripts/cups-info.nse
index 3e32e9a2e..9f96c78a9 100644
--- a/scripts/cups-info.nse
+++ b/scripts/cups-info.nse
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ categories = {"safe", "discovery"}
 
 portrule = shortport.port_or_service(631, "ipp", "tcp", "open")
 
+local verbose_states = {
+        [ipp.IPP.PrinterState.IPP_PRINTER_IDLE] = "Idle",
+        [ipp.IPP.PrinterState.IPP_PRINTER_PROCESSING] = "Processing",
+        [ipp.IPP.PrinterState.IPP_PRINTER_STOPPED] = "Stopped",
+      }
+
 action = function(host, port)
 
   local helper = ipp.Helper:new(host, port)
@@ -57,18 +63,12 @@ action = function(host, port)
 
   local output = {}
   for _, printer in ipairs(printers) do
-    local states = {
-      [ipp.IPP.PrinterState.IPP_PRINTER_IDLE] = "Idle",
-      [ipp.IPP.PrinterState.IPP_PRINTER_PROCESSING] = "Processing",
-      [ipp.IPP.PrinterState.IPP_PRINTER_STOPPED] = "Stopped",
-    }
-    local state = string.unpack(">I4", printer.state)
     table.insert(output, {
       name = printer.name,
       ("DNS-SD Name: %s"):format(printer.dns_sd_name or ""),
       ("Location: %s"):format(printer.location or ""),
       ("Model: %s"):format(printer.model or ""),
-      ("State: %s"):format(states[state] or ""),
+      ("State: %s"):format(verbose_states[printer.state] or ""),
       ("Queue: %s print jobs"):format(tonumber(printer.queue_count) or 0),
     } )
   end