diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
index 41cbd8a455ba91f03c4facdb2ebf5ee6dba808ee..ca554d4ff1bfa9e31e0001a62f7ba34b91d42b8b 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ static bool vhost_user_requires_shm_log(struct vhost_dev *dev)
 
 static int vhost_user_migration_done(struct vhost_dev *dev, char* mac_addr)
 {
-    VhostUserMsg msg = { 0 };
+    VhostUserMsg msg = { };
 
     assert(dev->vhost_ops->backend_type == VHOST_BACKEND_TYPE_USER);