diff --git a/channels/chan_iax2.c b/channels/chan_iax2.c
index 61aaff7495527bb76717a3ce05eba55ae38b374c..21dfb342c38b15a23733b04220f5847984ed0a48 100644
--- a/channels/chan_iax2.c
+++ b/channels/chan_iax2.c
@@ -8131,6 +8131,7 @@ static struct iax2_peer *build_peer(const char *name, struct ast_variable *v, in
 		peer->pokefreqok = DEFAULT_FREQ_OK;
 		peer->pokefreqnotok = DEFAULT_FREQ_NOTOK;
 		peer->context[0] = '\0';
+		peer->peercontext[0] = '\0';
 		while(v) {
 			if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "secret")) {
 				if (!ast_strlen_zero(peer->secret)) {