diff --git a/src/player/Thread.cxx b/src/player/Thread.cxx
index c06bd419f..7d3d18694 100644
--- a/src/player/Thread.cxx
+++ b/src/player/Thread.cxx
@@ -558,6 +558,7 @@ Player::SendSilence()
 	   partial frames */
 	unsigned num_frames = sizeof(chunk->data) / frame_size;
 
+	chunk->bit_rate = 0;
 	chunk->time = SignedSongTime::Negative(); /* undefined time stamp */
 	chunk->length = num_frames * frame_size;
 	PcmSilence({chunk->data, chunk->length}, play_audio_format.format);