diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 928691c434087e8ff72b84fc6515539115c0509b..6a7fe7660551f45c065a7f472b805c0b8073f6bb 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ static int unix_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
 	unsigned int hash;
 	struct unix_address *addr;
 	struct hlist_head *list;
-	struct path path = { NULL, NULL };
+	struct path path = { };
 
 	err = -EINVAL;
 	if (sunaddr->sun_family != AF_UNIX)