diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c
index 0824c0b8a9..03d2503276 100644
--- a/refs/files-backend.c
+++ b/refs/files-backend.c
@@ -3520,7 +3520,7 @@ static int files_fsck_refs_name(struct ref_store *ref_store UNUSED,
 		goto cleanup;
 
 	if (check_refname_format(iter->basename, REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL)) {
-		struct fsck_ref_report report = { .path = NULL };
+		struct fsck_ref_report report = { 0 };
 
 		strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/%s", refs_check_dir, iter->relative_path);
 		report.path = sb.buf;