diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index d831827d7ab0..e24e1f0c5690 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@
 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;