diff --git a/src/video/x11/SDL_x11keyboard.c b/src/video/x11/SDL_x11keyboard.c
index 2214ba3e3..5626da5b1 100644
--- a/src/video/x11/SDL_x11keyboard.c
+++ b/src/video/x11/SDL_x11keyboard.c
@@ -267,7 +267,9 @@ X11_InitKeyboard(_THIS)
     int best_index;
     int distance;
     Bool xkb_repeat = 0;
-    XKeyboardState values = { .global_auto_repeat = AutoRepeatModeOff };
+    XKeyboardState values;
+    SDL_zero(values);
+    values.global_auto_repeat = AutoRepeatModeOff;
     
     X11_XGetKeyboardControl(data->display, &values);
     if (values.global_auto_repeat != AutoRepeatModeOn)