diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/es7000_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/es7000_32.c
index 26d3a3eba75be551e37326091e774d62b43434a0..12c8e19ef96e62e1090b6d61bfd8c0711e67700e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/es7000_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/es7000_32.c
@@ -420,7 +420,8 @@ static void es7000_vector_allocation_domain(int cpu, cpumask_t *retmask)
 	 * deliver interrupts to the wrong hyperthread when only one
 	 * hyperthread was specified in the interrupt desitination.
 	 */
-	*retmask = (cpumask_t){ { [0] = APIC_ALL_CPUS, } };
+	cpumask_clear(retmask);
+	cpumask_bits(retmask)[0] = APIC_ALL_CPUS;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/numaq_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/numaq_32.c
index e4ce98af8c74a37205461d0e7726025bc64211e4..9562de1b888213f521d86f23fb41a56f40b1a98c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/numaq_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/numaq_32.c
@@ -472,7 +472,8 @@ static void numaq_vector_allocation_domain(int cpu, cpumask_t *retmask)
 	 * deliver interrupts to the wrong hyperthread when only one
 	 * hyperthread was specified in the interrupt desitination.
 	 */
-	*retmask = (cpumask_t){ { [0] = APIC_ALL_CPUS, } };
+	cpumask_clear(retmask);
+	cpumask_bits(retmask)[0] = APIC_ALL_CPUS;
 }
 
 static void numaq_setup_portio_remap(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/probe_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/probe_32.c
index 141c99a1c26401e444bcc1f85e0d87a7bafc841f..01eda2ac65e4d9620b19979a0a24ef4636cae889 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/probe_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/probe_32.c
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ static void default_vector_allocation_domain(int cpu, struct cpumask *retmask)
 	 * deliver interrupts to the wrong hyperthread when only one
 	 * hyperthread was specified in the interrupt desitination.
 	 */
-	*retmask = (cpumask_t) { { [0] = APIC_ALL_CPUS } };
+	cpumask_clear(retmask);
+	cpumask_bits(retmask)[0] = APIC_ALL_CPUS;
 }
 
 /* should be called last. */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/summit_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/summit_32.c
index dda0a77a36f13ad4916a283bc668707e6accc1b5..278e863c71b59f044c5dad3f5774f78453e5d96f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/summit_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/summit_32.c
@@ -352,7 +352,8 @@ static void summit_vector_allocation_domain(int cpu, cpumask_t *retmask)
 	 * deliver interrupts to the wrong hyperthread when only one
 	 * hyperthread was specified in the interrupt desitination.
 	 */
-	*retmask = (cpumask_t){ { [0] = APIC_ALL_CPUS, } };
+	cpumask_clear(retmask);
+	cpumask_bits(retmask)[0] = APIC_ALL_CPUS;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_SUMMIT_NUMA