diff --git a/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.cc b/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.cc
index dff9c3c4bb41da9de0adcf17a290873e380b1cbf..a934418f1652ec5d29ef0a407fe7400aadb20354 100644
--- a/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.cc
+++ b/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.cc
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ const char* MAVLinkProtocol::_logFileExtension = "mavlink";             ///< Ext
 MAVLinkProtocol::MAVLinkProtocol(QGCApplication* app, QGCToolbox* toolbox)
     : QGCTool(app, toolbox)
     , m_enable_version_check(true)
+    , _message({})
+    , _status({})
     , versionMismatchIgnore(false)
     , systemId(255)
     , _current_version(100)
diff --git a/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.h b/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.h
index 35947162b6902dbec6508a71772047fc1ba5e9db..cd2a30568511b0aaa31ded882cdc7c0224e549b3 100644
--- a/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.h
+++ b/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.h
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ protected:
     uint64_t    totalLossCounter[MAVLINK_COMM_NUM_BUFFERS];     ///< Total messages lost during transmission.
     float       runningLossPercent[MAVLINK_COMM_NUM_BUFFERS];   ///< Loss rate
 
-    mavlink_message_t _message = {};
-    mavlink_status_t _status   = {};
+    mavlink_message_t _message;
+    mavlink_status_t _status;
 
     bool        versionMismatchIgnore;
     int         systemId;