diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 9a8a320101..ecd1c7beea 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-02-05  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@mips.com>
+
+	* elfnn-riscv.c (_bfd_riscv_relax_pc): Use `memset' to
+	initialize `hi_reloc'.
+
 2018-02-05  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@mips.com>
 
 	* elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_section_processing): For
diff --git a/bfd/elfnn-riscv.c b/bfd/elfnn-riscv.c
index f2136b2f90..3524fede0f 100644
--- a/bfd/elfnn-riscv.c
+++ b/bfd/elfnn-riscv.c
@@ -3143,7 +3143,8 @@ _bfd_riscv_relax_pc  (bfd *abfd,
 
   /* Chain the _LO relocs to their cooresponding _HI reloc to compute the
    * actual target address.  */
-  riscv_pcgp_hi_reloc hi_reloc = {0};
+  riscv_pcgp_hi_reloc hi_reloc;
+  memset (&hi_reloc, 0, sizeof (hi_reloc));
   switch (ELFNN_R_TYPE (rel->r_info))
     {
     case R_RISCV_PCREL_LO12_I: