diff --git a/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixerClientData.cpp b/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixerClientData.cpp
index b42a690d97..1536da7aa6 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixerClientData.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixerClientData.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ int AudioMixerClientData::parseData(const QByteArray& packet) {
             }
             case SequenceNumberStats::OnTime: {
                 // ask the AvatarAudioRingBuffer instance to parse the data
-                avatarRingBuffer->parseData(packet);
+                avatarRingBuffer->parseData(packet, 0);
                 break;
             }
             default: {
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int AudioMixerClientData::parseData(const QByteArray& packet) {
             }
             case SequenceNumberStats::OnTime: {
                 // ask the AvatarAudioRingBuffer instance to parse the data
-                matchingInjectedRingBuffer->parseData(packet);
+                matchingInjectedRingBuffer->parseData(packet, 0);
                 break;
             }
             default: {
diff --git a/assignment-client/src/audio/AvatarAudioRingBuffer.h b/assignment-client/src/audio/AvatarAudioRingBuffer.h
index df9dc3787a..22444cf32a 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/audio/AvatarAudioRingBuffer.h
+++ b/assignment-client/src/audio/AvatarAudioRingBuffer.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class AvatarAudioRingBuffer : public PositionalAudioRingBuffer {
 public:
     AvatarAudioRingBuffer(bool isStereo = false, bool dynamicJitterBuffer = false);
     
-    int parseData(const QByteArray& packet, int packetsSkipped = 0);
+    int parseData(const QByteArray& packet, int packetsSkipped);
 private:
     // disallow copying of AvatarAudioRingBuffer objects
     AvatarAudioRingBuffer(const AvatarAudioRingBuffer&);
diff --git a/libraries/audio/src/InjectedAudioRingBuffer.h b/libraries/audio/src/InjectedAudioRingBuffer.h
index f226d99b12..856121e2dd 100644
--- a/libraries/audio/src/InjectedAudioRingBuffer.h
+++ b/libraries/audio/src/InjectedAudioRingBuffer.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class InjectedAudioRingBuffer : public PositionalAudioRingBuffer {
 public:
     InjectedAudioRingBuffer(const QUuid& streamIdentifier = QUuid(), bool dynamicJitterBuffer = false);
     
-    int parseData(const QByteArray& packet, int packetsSkipped = 0);
+    int parseData(const QByteArray& packet, int packetsSkipped);
     
     const QUuid& getStreamIdentifier() const { return _streamIdentifier; }
     float getRadius() const { return _radius; }
diff --git a/libraries/audio/src/PositionalAudioRingBuffer.h b/libraries/audio/src/PositionalAudioRingBuffer.h
index f0d6aff80b..7b7d81d216 100644
--- a/libraries/audio/src/PositionalAudioRingBuffer.h
+++ b/libraries/audio/src/PositionalAudioRingBuffer.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public:
     
     PositionalAudioRingBuffer(PositionalAudioRingBuffer::Type type, bool isStereo = false, bool dynamicJitterBuffers = false);
     
-    virtual int parseData(const QByteArray& packet, int packetsSkipped = 0) = 0;
+    virtual int parseData(const QByteArray& packet, int packetsSkipped) = 0;
 
     int parsePositionalData(const QByteArray& positionalByteArray);
     int parseListenModeData(const QByteArray& listenModeByteArray);