diff --git a/qjson.c b/qjson.c
index e4ee433..f259547 100644
--- a/qjson.c
+++ b/qjson.c
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ static void parse_json(JSONMessageParser *parser, QList *tokens)
 
 QObject *qobject_from_jsonv(const char *string, va_list *ap)
 {
-    JSONParsingState state = {};
+    JSONParsingState state;
 
+    memset(&state, 0, sizeof(state));
     state.ap = ap;
 
     json_message_parser_init(&state.parser, parse_json);