diff --git a/libdm/dm-tools/dmfilemapd.c b/libdm/dm-tools/dmfilemapd.c
index 7507c2ca3..587a18e4c 100644
--- a/libdm/dm-tools/dmfilemapd.c
+++ b/libdm/dm-tools/dmfilemapd.c
@@ -812,9 +812,7 @@ static const char _mode_names[][8] = {
  */
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	struct filemap_monitor fm;
-
-	memset(&fm, 0, sizeof(fm));
+	struct filemap_monitor fm = { 0 };
 
 	if (!_parse_args(argc, argv, &fm)) {
 		free(fm.path);
diff --git a/libdm/libdm-stats.c b/libdm/libdm-stats.c
index a8e0c0103..703b58a4b 100644
--- a/libdm/libdm-stats.c
+++ b/libdm/libdm-stats.c
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ static int _stats_parse_histogram_spec(struct dm_stats *dms,
 	uint64_t scale = region->timescale, this_val = 0;
 	struct dm_pool *mem = dms->hist_mem;
 	struct dm_histogram_bin cur;
-	struct dm_histogram hist;
+	struct dm_histogram hist = { 0 };
 	int nr_bins = 1;
 	const char *c, *v, *val_start;
 	char *p, *endptr = NULL;
@@ -857,8 +857,6 @@ static int _stats_parse_histogram_spec(struct dm_stats *dms,
 	if (!dm_pool_begin_object(mem, sizeof(cur)))
 		return_0;
 
-	memset(&hist, 0, sizeof(hist));
-
 	hist.nr_bins = 0; /* fix later */
 	hist.region = region;
 	hist.dms = dms;