diff --git a/src/protocol_subnet.c b/src/protocol_subnet.c
index 06dafbc7..cf6983be 100644
--- a/src/protocol_subnet.c
+++ b/src/protocol_subnet.c
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ bool add_subnet_h(connection_t *c, const char *request) {
 	char subnetstr[MAX_STRING_SIZE];
 	char name[MAX_STRING_SIZE];
 	node_t *owner;
-	subnet_t s = {NULL}, *new, *old;
+	subnet_t s, *new, *old;
+
+	memset(&s, 0x0, sizeof(subnet_t));
 
 	if(sscanf(request, "%*d %*x " MAX_STRING " " MAX_STRING, name, subnetstr) != 2) {
 		logger(DEBUG_ALWAYS, LOG_ERR, "Got bad %s from %s (%s)", "ADD_SUBNET", c->name,
@@ -155,7 +157,9 @@ bool del_subnet_h(connection_t *c, const char *request) {
 	char subnetstr[MAX_STRING_SIZE];
 	char name[MAX_STRING_SIZE];
 	node_t *owner;
-	subnet_t s = {NULL}, *find;
+	subnet_t s, *find;
+
+	memset(&s, 0x0, sizeof(subnet_t));
 
 	if(sscanf(request, "%*d %*x " MAX_STRING " " MAX_STRING, name, subnetstr) != 2) {
 		logger(DEBUG_ALWAYS, LOG_ERR, "Got bad %s from %s (%s)", "DEL_SUBNET", c->name,