diff --git a/daemon/redis.c b/daemon/redis.c
index 7797bd49e..dcebbef41 100644
--- a/daemon/redis.c
+++ b/daemon/redis.c
@@ -2113,6 +2113,7 @@ static void json_restore_call(struct redis *r, const str *callid, bool foreign)
 	if (!redis_hash_get_str(&id, &call, "created_from"))
 		c->created_from = call_strdup_str(&id);
 	if (!redis_hash_get_str(&id, &call, "created_from_addr")) {
+		err = "failed to parse 'created_from_addr'";
 		if (sockaddr_parse_any_str(&c->created_from_addr, &id))
 			goto err8;
 	}