diff --git a/src/irc/core/irc-session.c b/src/irc/core/irc-session.c
index fda9f9c3..cf6a5098 100644
--- a/src/irc/core/irc-session.c
+++ b/src/irc/core/irc-session.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static void sig_session_restore_nick(IRC_CHANNEL_REC *channel,
         voice = config_node_get_bool(node, "voice", FALSE);
         halfop = config_node_get_bool(node, "halfop", FALSE);
 	nickrec = irc_nicklist_insert(channel, nick, op, halfop, voice, FALSE);
-	other = config_node_get_str(node, "other", FALSE);
+	other = config_node_get_str(node, "other", NULL);
 	nickrec->other = other == NULL ? '\0' : other[0];
 }