diff --git a/Zend/zend_hash.c b/Zend/zend_hash.c
index 8a27bd20f9494..578ddcd9499d8 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_hash.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_hash.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ ZEND_API const HashTable zend_empty_array = {
 	.gc.u.type_info = IS_ARRAY | (GC_IMMUTABLE << GC_FLAGS_SHIFT),
 	.u.flags = HASH_FLAG_UNINITIALIZED,
 	.nTableMask = HT_MIN_MASK,
-	.arData = (Bucket*)&uninitialized_bucket[2],
+	{.arData = (Bucket*)&uninitialized_bucket[2]},
 	.nNumUsed = 0,
 	.nNumOfElements = 0,
 	.nTableSize = HT_MIN_SIZE,