diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e647471c4c..b145007149 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-05-25  Wim Taymans  <wim@fluendo.com>
+
+	* libs/gst/net/gstnetclientclock.c: (gst_net_client_clock_start):
+	Initialize variable before using. Fixes #342820.
+
 2006-05-24  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
 
 	* libs/gst/base/gsttypefindhelper.c: (buf_helper_find_peek):
diff --git a/libs/gst/net/gstnetclientclock.c b/libs/gst/net/gstnetclientclock.c
index f7a16c4e0b..d0c3889865 100644
--- a/libs/gst/net/gstnetclientclock.c
+++ b/libs/gst/net/gstnetclientclock.c
@@ -450,12 +450,13 @@ gst_net_client_clock_start (GstNetClientClock * self)
   if (ret < 0)
     goto getsockname_error;
 
-  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (self, "socket opened on UDP port %hd",
-      ntohs (servaddr.sin_port));
-
   memset (&servaddr, 0, sizeof (servaddr));
   servaddr.sin_family = AF_INET;        /* host byte order */
   servaddr.sin_port = htons (self->port);       /* short, network byte order */
+
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (self, "socket opened on UDP port %hd",
+      ntohs (servaddr.sin_port));
+
   if (!inet_aton (self->address, &servaddr.sin_addr))
     goto bad_address;