diff --git a/gst/gsttrace.c b/gst/gsttrace.c
index 0a176c32d0..b857458b81 100644
--- a/gst/gsttrace.c
+++ b/gst/gsttrace.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ _gst_trace_add_entry (GstTrace * trace, guint32 seq, guint32 data, gchar * msg)
 
 
 /* global flags */
-static GstAllocTraceFlags _gst_trace_flags = 0;
+static GstAllocTraceFlags _gst_trace_flags = GST_ALLOC_TRACE_NONE;
 
 /* list of registered tracers */
 static GList *_gst_alloc_tracers = NULL;
diff --git a/gst/gsttrace.h b/gst/gsttrace.h
index 1de63faaeb..1882762339 100644
--- a/gst/gsttrace.h
+++ b/gst/gsttrace.h
@@ -30,13 +30,15 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
 /**
  * GstAllocTraceFlags:
- * @GST_ALLOC_TRACE_LIVE: Trace number of non-freed memory
- * @GST_ALLOC_TRACE_MEM_LIVE: trace pointers of unfreed memory
+ * @GST_ALLOC_TRACE_NONE: No tracing specified or desired.
+ * @GST_ALLOC_TRACE_LIVE: Trace number of non-freed memory.
+ * @GST_ALLOC_TRACE_MEM_LIVE: Trace pointers of unfreed memory.
  *
  * Flags indicating which tracing feature to enable.
  */
 typedef enum {
-  GST_ALLOC_TRACE_LIVE		= (1 << 0),
+  GST_ALLOC_TRACE_NONE      = 0,
+  GST_ALLOC_TRACE_LIVE      = (1 << 0),
   GST_ALLOC_TRACE_MEM_LIVE	= (1 << 1)
 } GstAllocTraceFlags;