diff --git a/ospfd/ospf_vty.c b/ospfd/ospf_vty.c
index 747643465c..5bb65b6abc 100644
--- a/ospfd/ospf_vty.c
+++ b/ospfd/ospf_vty.c
@@ -4343,7 +4343,7 @@ static void show_ip_ospf_neighbour_brief(struct vty *vty,
 	char msgbuf[16];
 	char timebuf[OSPF_TIME_DUMP_SIZE];
 	json_object *json_neighbor = NULL, *json_neigh_array = NULL;
-	struct timeval res;
+	struct timeval res = {.tv_sec = 0, .tv_usec = 0};
 	long time_val = 0;
 	char uptime[OSPF_TIME_DUMP_SIZE];