diff --git a/.cleancount b/.cleancount
index e85087affd..f5c89552bd 100644
--- a/.cleancount
+++ b/.cleancount
@@ -1 +1 @@
-31
+32
diff --git a/include/asterisk/channel.h b/include/asterisk/channel.h
index de81ca9096..e764d19d62 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/channel.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/channel.h
@@ -428,6 +428,9 @@ struct ast_channel {
 	int rawwriteformat;				/*!< Raw write format */
 
 	struct ast_audiohook_list *audiohooks;
+	/*! This pointer should stay for Asterisk 1.4.  It just keeps the struct size the same
+	 *  for the sake of ABI compatability. */
+	void *__unused;
 
 	AST_LIST_ENTRY(ast_channel) chan_list;		/*!< For easy linking */