diff --git a/ospfd/ospf_apiserver.c b/ospfd/ospf_apiserver.c
index c1485abb81..8c1ad5ff0c 100644
--- a/ospfd/ospf_apiserver.c
+++ b/ospfd/ospf_apiserver.c
@@ -2322,7 +2322,7 @@ void ospf_apiserver_clients_notify_nsm_change(struct ospf_neighbor *nbr)
 {
 	struct msg *msg;
 	struct in_addr ifaddr = {.s_addr = 0L};
-	struct in_addr nbraddr = {.s_addr = 0L};
+	struct in_addr nbraddr;
 
 	assert(nbr);