diff --git a/src/modules/ekf2_replay/ekf2_replay_main.cpp b/src/modules/ekf2_replay/ekf2_replay_main.cpp
index 0ae81c704a..30147af542 100644
--- a/src/modules/ekf2_replay/ekf2_replay_main.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/ekf2_replay/ekf2_replay_main.cpp
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ void Ekf2Replay::task_main()
 
 		if (header[2] == LOG_FORMAT_MSG) {
 			// format message
-			struct log_format_s f;
+			struct log_format_s f = {};
 
 			if (::read(fd, &f.type, sizeof(f)) != sizeof(f)) {
 				PRINT_READ_ERROR;