diff --git a/src/node.c b/src/node.c
index fb4b7eb4..c9ffc393 100644
--- a/src/node.c
+++ b/src/node.c
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ void node_del(node_t *n) {
 }
 
 node_t *lookup_node(char *name) {
-	node_t n = {NULL};
+	node_t n;
+	memset(&n, 0x0, sizeof(node_t));
 
 	n.name = name;