diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index f3b22f456fac7b61bf3f0e9e9fb29dcbcf9c630f..7846ce24ecc0323ff7d12103306f9159c89cc9d7 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ enum timekeeping_adv_mode {
 static struct {
 	seqcount_t		seq;
 	struct timekeeper	timekeeper;
-} tk_core ____cacheline_aligned;
+} tk_core ____cacheline_aligned = {
+	.seq = SEQCNT_ZERO(tk_core.seq),
+};
 
 static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(timekeeper_lock);
 static struct timekeeper shadow_timekeeper;