diff --git a/src/libnm-platform/nm-linux-platform.c b/src/libnm-platform/nm-linux-platform.c
index 44e662670a..83f2207d37 100644
--- a/src/libnm-platform/nm-linux-platform.c
+++ b/src/libnm-platform/nm-linux-platform.c
@@ -9040,7 +9040,7 @@ event_handler_recvmsgs(NMPlatform *platform, gboolean handle_events)
     gboolean                interrupted = FALSE;
     struct nlmsghdr        *hdr;
     WaitForNlResponseResult seq_result;
-    struct sockaddr_nl      nla = {0};
+    struct sockaddr_nl      nla;
     struct ucred            creds;
     gboolean                creds_has;
     unsigned char          *buf;
diff --git a/src/libnm-platform/nm-netlink.c b/src/libnm-platform/nm-netlink.c
index 98f75f604a..697ae5919d 100644
--- a/src/libnm-platform/nm-netlink.c
+++ b/src/libnm-platform/nm-netlink.c
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ nl_recvmsgs(struct nl_sock *sk, const struct nl_cb *cb)
     int                    n, nmerr = 0, multipart = 0, interrupted = 0, nrecv = 0;
     gs_free unsigned char *buf = NULL;
     struct nlmsghdr       *hdr;
-    struct sockaddr_nl     nla = {0};
+    struct sockaddr_nl     nla;
     struct ucred           creds;
     gboolean               creds_has;