diff --git a/elfio/elfio_section.hpp b/elfio/elfio_section.hpp
index 87499bd82a847528b919cae81f04552bb7c77139..4a5ace34edc4bc825def07fe0243a7c1704815c2 100644
--- a/elfio/elfio_section.hpp
+++ b/elfio/elfio_section.hpp
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ template <class T> class section_impl : public section
     {
         pstream = &stream;
         is_lazy = is_lazy_;
-        header  = { 0 };
+        header  = {};
 
         if ( translator->empty() ) {
             stream.seekg( 0, std::istream::end );