diff --git a/client/src/views/fields/phone.js b/client/src/views/fields/phone.js
index 673a01dbe6..99f28c4fbe 100644
--- a/client/src/views/fields/phone.js
+++ b/client/src/views/fields/phone.js
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ class PhoneFieldView extends VarcharFieldView {
         const o = {
             phoneNumber: '',
             primary: !data.length,
-            type: false,
+            type: undefined,
             optOut: this.emailAddressOptedOutByDefault,
             invalid: false,
         };