diff --git a/libs/freetdm/src/ftmod/ftmod_wanpipe/ftmod_wanpipe.c b/libs/freetdm/src/ftmod/ftmod_wanpipe/ftmod_wanpipe.c
index 3b384cdf32..b3d1fe6355 100644
--- a/libs/freetdm/src/ftmod/ftmod_wanpipe/ftmod_wanpipe.c
+++ b/libs/freetdm/src/ftmod/ftmod_wanpipe/ftmod_wanpipe.c
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ static FIO_GET_ALARMS_FUNCTION(wanpipe_get_alarms)
 			/* there is a bug in wanpipe where alarms were not properly set when they should be
 			 * on at application startup, until that is fixed we check the link status here too */
 			ftdm_channel_command(ftdmchan, FTDM_COMMAND_GET_LINK_STATUS, &sangoma_status);
-			ftdmchan->alarm_flags = sangoma_status == FTDM_HW_LINK_DISCONNECTED ? 1 : 0;
+			ftdmchan->alarm_flags = sangoma_status == FTDM_HW_LINK_DISCONNECTED ? FTDM_ALARM_RED : FTDM_ALARM_NONE;
 			ftdm_log_chan(ftdmchan, FTDM_LOG_DEBUG, "Link status is %d\n", sangoma_status);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/libs/freetdm/src/include/freetdm.h b/libs/freetdm/src/include/freetdm.h
index aed40541a3..588dc311b6 100644
--- a/libs/freetdm/src/include/freetdm.h
+++ b/libs/freetdm/src/include/freetdm.h
@@ -838,11 +838,11 @@ typedef enum {
 /*! \brief FreeTDM supported hardware alarms. */
 typedef enum {
 	FTDM_ALARM_NONE    = 0,
-	FTDM_ALARM_RED     = (1 << 1),
-	FTDM_ALARM_YELLOW  = (1 << 2),
-	FTDM_ALARM_RAI     = (1 << 3),
-	FTDM_ALARM_BLUE    = (1 << 4),
-	FTDM_ALARM_AIS     = (1 << 5),
+	FTDM_ALARM_RED     = (1 << 0),
+	FTDM_ALARM_YELLOW  = (1 << 1),
+	FTDM_ALARM_RAI     = (1 << 2),
+	FTDM_ALARM_BLUE    = (1 << 3),
+	FTDM_ALARM_AIS     = (1 << 4),
 	FTDM_ALARM_GENERAL = (1 << 30)
 } ftdm_alarm_flag_t;