diff --git a/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/drv_hrt.c b/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/drv_hrt.c
index 9874278012..e4839f0ac7 100644
--- a/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/drv_hrt.c
+++ b/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/drv_hrt.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static void		hrt_call_reschedule(void);
 #define HRT_INTERVAL_MAX	50000000
 
 static px4_sem_t 	_hrt_lock;
-static struct work_s	_hrt_work = {};
+static struct work_s	_hrt_work;
 static hrt_abstime px4_timestart = 0;
 
 static void