diff --git a/src/channel.cpp b/src/channel.cpp
index 924f74d5..728e9e79 100755
--- a/src/channel.cpp
+++ b/src/channel.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 CChannel::CChannel ( const bool bNIsServer ) :
     vecdGains              ( MAX_NUM_CHANNELS, 1.0 ),
     vecdPannings           ( MAX_NUM_CHANNELS, 0.5 ),
+    iCurSockBufNumFrames   ( -1 ),
     bDoAutoSockBufSize     ( true ),
     iFadeInCnt             ( 0 ),
     iFadeInCntMax          ( FADE_IN_NUM_FRAMES_DBLE_FRAMESIZE ),