diff --git a/module/spl/spl-generic.c b/module/spl/spl-generic.c
index 88a0fcc512..c04cb538c4 100644
--- a/module/spl/spl-generic.c
+++ b/module/spl/spl-generic.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(spl_hostid);
 module_param(spl_hostid, ulong, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(spl_hostid, "The system hostid.");
 
-proc_t p0 = { 0 };
+proc_t p0;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p0);
 
 /*
@@ -660,6 +660,7 @@ spl_init(void)
 {
 	int rc = 0;
 
+	bzero(&p0, sizeof (proc_t));
 	spl_random_init();
 
 	if ((rc = spl_kvmem_init()))