diff --git a/src/zapit/src/zapit.cpp b/src/zapit/src/zapit.cpp
index cc4e00238..238c93e09 100644
--- a/src/zapit/src/zapit.cpp
+++ b/src/zapit/src/zapit.cpp
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ bool zapit_parse_command(CBasicMessage::Header &rmsg, int connfd)
 			msgCurrentServiceInfo.apid = g_current_channel->getAudioPid();
 			msgCurrentServiceInfo.vtxtpid = g_current_channel->getTeletextPid();
 			msgCurrentServiceInfo.pmtpid = g_current_channel->getPmtPid();
-			msgCurrentServiceInfo.pmt_version = (msgCurrentServiceInfo.pmtpid != 0) ? g_current_channel->getCaPmt()->version_number : 0;
+			msgCurrentServiceInfo.pmt_version = (g_current_channel->getCaPmt() != NULL) ? g_current_channel->getCaPmt()->version_number : 0xff;
 			msgCurrentServiceInfo.pcrpid = g_current_channel->getPcrPid();
 			msgCurrentServiceInfo.tsfrequency = frontend->getFrequency();
 			msgCurrentServiceInfo.rate = frontend->getRate();