diff --git a/ext/call.cc b/ext/call.cc
index 8cc3e38c..15c9b2d9 100644
--- a/ext/call.cc
+++ b/ext/call.cc
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ NAN_METHOD(Call::StartBatch) {
     }
     uint32_t type = keys->Get(i)->Uint32Value();
     ops[i].op = static_cast<grpc_op_type>(type);
+    ops[i].flags = 0;
     switch (type) {
       case GRPC_OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA:
         op.reset(new SendMetadataOp());