diff --git a/src/source.c b/src/source.c
index cc10e9ba9a5e1afec594d6571c810872217dc57d..f93feab0d7047054fdd7e8246aedfad26290920b 100644
--- a/src/source.c
+++ b/src/source.c
@@ -589,8 +589,6 @@ static void source_init (source_t *source)
         free(listenurl);
     }
 
-    stats_event_args (source->mount, "listener_peak", "0");
-
     if (source->dumpfilename != NULL)
     {
         source->dumpfile = fopen (source->dumpfilename, "ab");
@@ -609,7 +607,7 @@ static void source_init (source_t *source)
     stats_event_inc (NULL, "source_total_connections");
     stats_event (source->mount, "slow_listeners", "0");
     stats_event_args (source->mount, "listeners", "%lu", source->listeners);
-    stats_event (source->mount, "listener_peak", "0");
+    stats_event_args (source->mount, "listener_peak", "%lu", source->peak_listeners);
     stats_event_time (source->mount, "stream_start");
 
     DEBUG0("Source creation complete");