diff --git a/jitterbuf.c b/jitterbuf.c
index 26d58cb6f5071c16cf631931685feb4ea6e35781..96dff632d5cbc12f187f37ba456f3a40fac30598 100755
--- a/jitterbuf.c
+++ b/jitterbuf.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void jb_reset(jitterbuf *jb)
 	memset(jb,0,sizeof(jitterbuf));
 
 	/* initialize length */
-	jb->info.current = jb->info.target = 0; 
+	jb->info.current = jb->info.target = JB_TARGET_EXTRA; 
 	jb->info.silence_begin_ts = -1; 
 }