diff --git a/apps/app_queue.c b/apps/app_queue.c
index a8d9832b99..7b19f9f3e0 100644
--- a/apps/app_queue.c
+++ b/apps/app_queue.c
@@ -2911,7 +2911,7 @@ static int say_periodic_announcement(struct queue_ent *qe, int ringing)
 
 	ast_verb(3, "Playing periodic announcement\n");
 	
-	if (qe->parent->randomperiodicannounce) {
+	if (qe->parent->randomperiodicannounce && qe->parent->numperiodicannounce) {
 		qe->last_periodic_announce_sound = ((unsigned long) ast_random()) % qe->parent->numperiodicannounce;
 	} else if (qe->last_periodic_announce_sound >= qe->parent->numperiodicannounce || 
 		ast_str_strlen(qe->parent->sound_periodicannounce[qe->last_periodic_announce_sound]) == 0) {