diff --git a/main/rtp.c b/main/rtp.c
index c449b8b1727a5f59d44012fdd84937183c5251a0..1199ffb35818f702480b8fe67b548d15aed88281 100644
--- a/main/rtp.c
+++ b/main/rtp.c
@@ -2191,6 +2191,7 @@ static struct ast_rtcp *ast_rtcp_new(void)
 	rtcp->s = rtp_socket("RTCP");
 	rtcp->us.sin_family = AF_INET;
 	rtcp->them.sin_family = AF_INET;
+	rtcp->schedid = -1;
 
 	if (rtcp->s < 0) {
 		ast_free(rtcp);