diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-data.c b/tools/perf/builtin-data.c
index 9705ba7e4c16cf82492824f41ff2f9ff0ca1704c..155cf75b8199c67914974af1a62f388278053879 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-data.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int cmd_data_convert(int argc, const char **argv,
 
 static struct data_cmd data_cmds[] = {
 	{ "convert", "converts data file between formats", cmd_data_convert },
-	{ NULL },
+	{ .name = NULL, },
 };
 
 int cmd_data(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)