diff --git a/proto/bgp/packets.c b/proto/bgp/packets.c
index a98f7615..2aa5be4f 100644
--- a/proto/bgp/packets.c
+++ b/proto/bgp/packets.c
@@ -1104,17 +1104,11 @@ bgp_apply_next_hop(struct bgp_parse_state *s, ea_list **to, ip_addr gw, ip_addr
 
     ea_set_attr_u32(to, &ea_gen_igp_metric, 0, c->cf->cost);
 
-    struct nexthop_adata_mpls nam = {
-      .nhad = {
-	.nh = {
-	  .gw = nbr->addr,
-	  .iface = nbr->iface,
-	},
-	.ad = {
-	  .length = NEXTHOP_NEXT(&nam.nhad.nh) - (void *) nam.nhad.ad.data,
-	},
-      },
-    };
+    struct nexthop_adata_mpls nam;
+    memset(&nam, 0, sizeof nam);
+    nam.nhad.nh.gw = nbr->addr;
+    nam.nhad.nh.iface = nbr->iface;
+    nam.nhad.ad.length = NEXTHOP_NEXT(&nam.nhad.nh) - (void *) nam.nhad.ad.data;
     ea_set_attr_data(to, &ea_gen_nexthop, 0, nam.nhad.ad.data, nam.nhad.ad.length);
   }
   else /* GW_RECURSIVE */
diff --git a/proto/ospf/rt.c b/proto/ospf/rt.c
index ffb075d5..902ad768 100644
--- a/proto/ospf/rt.c
+++ b/proto/ospf/rt.c
@@ -34,15 +34,11 @@ unresolved_vlink(ort *ort)
 static inline struct nexthop_adata *
 new_nexthop(struct ospf_proto *p, ip_addr gw, struct iface *iface, byte weight)
 {
-  struct nexthop_adata *nhad = lp_alloc(p->nhpool, sizeof(struct nexthop_adata));
-  *nhad = (struct nexthop_adata) {
-    .ad = { .length = sizeof *nhad - sizeof nhad->ad, },
-    .nh = {
-      .gw = gw,
-      .iface = iface,
-      .weight = weight,
-    },
-  };
+  struct nexthop_adata *nhad = lp_allocz(p->nhpool, sizeof(struct nexthop_adata));
+  nhad->ad.length = sizeof *nhad - sizeof nhad->ad;
+  nhad->nh.gw = gw;
+  nhad->nh.iface = iface;
+  nhad->nh.weight = weight;
 
   return nhad;
 }