diff --git a/netwerk/streamconv/converters/nsFTPDirListingConv.h b/netwerk/streamconv/converters/nsFTPDirListingConv.h
index 7d9219c5d69f..a85e7e938fe6 100644
--- a/netwerk/streamconv/converters/nsFTPDirListingConv.h
+++ b/netwerk/streamconv/converters/nsFTPDirListingConv.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ typedef enum _FTPentryType {
 // indexEntry is the data structure used to maintain directory entry information.
 class indexEntry {
 public:
-    indexEntry() { mContentLen = 0; mMDTM = 0; mType = File; mSupressSize = PR_FALSE; };
+    indexEntry() { mContentLen = 0; mMDTM = PR_Now(); mType = File; mSupressSize = PR_FALSE; };
 
     nsCString       mName;              // the file or dir name
     FTPentryType    mType;