diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 119cb8ac..6893a025 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -2821,6 +2821,7 @@ Winfried K
  for fixing default values for DVB-T
  for adding missing rounding when dividing frequencies in processing the NIT
  for suggesting to add note about not messing with event ids in EPG handlers
+ for adding a missing initialization of cChannel::nameSourceMode
 
 Hans-Werner Hilse <hilse@web.de>
  for adding the command line option --userdump to enable core dumps in case VDR
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 83721c1b..166e95f1 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -9887,7 +9887,8 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Fixed possible duplicate component entries in the info of an ongoing recording
   (reported by Christoph Haubrich).
 
-2024-02-15:
+2024-03-01:
 
 - Fixed the move assignment operator to check for self-assignment (suggested by
   Stefan Herdler).
+- Added missing initialization of cChannel::nameSourceMode (thanks to Winfried Köhler).
diff --git a/channels.c b/channels.c
index 7fe8275d..74e95f54 100644
--- a/channels.c
+++ b/channels.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: channels.c 5.1 2021/05/21 09:38:34 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: channels.c 5.2 2024/03/01 14:31:49 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "channels.h"
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ cChannel::cChannel(void)
   provider = strdup("");
   portalName = strdup("");
   memset(&__BeginData__, 0, (char *)&__EndData__ - (char *)&__BeginData__);
+  nameSourceMode = 0;
   parameters = "";
   modification = CHANNELMOD_NONE;
   seen         = 0;