diff --git a/channels/chan_zap.c b/channels/chan_zap.c
index 9cb0f5745244c7374e2909d98563d4722764de68..393112b7113f04b97a745117b5a924793d9332fd 100644
--- a/channels/chan_zap.c
+++ b/channels/chan_zap.c
@@ -719,8 +719,7 @@ static struct zt_chan_conf zt_chan_conf_default(void) {
 			.localprefix = "",
 			.privateprefix = "",
 			.unknownprefix = "",
-
-			.resetinterval = 3600
+			.resetinteral = -1,
 		},
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_SS7
diff --git a/configs/zapata.conf.sample b/configs/zapata.conf.sample
index ffcd7209fef61cab8afd4163ad60d4dc9363ddbc..ded44d221e67e6666cef39f2c6ef90f6fc5d911c 100644
--- a/configs/zapata.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/zapata.conf.sample
@@ -116,9 +116,7 @@
 ;unknownprefix = 
 ;
 ; PRI resetinterval: sets the time in seconds between restart of unused
-; channels, defaults to 3600; minimum 60 seconds.  Some PBXs don't like
-; channel restarts. so set the interval to a very long interval e.g. 100000000
-; or 'never' to disable *entirely*.
+; B channels; defaults to 'never'.
 ;
 ;resetinterval = 3600 
 ;