diff --git a/libevdev/libevdev-uinput.c b/libevdev/libevdev-uinput.c
index d781fe6fe9cf9cf946e48a9254936832d4a6c9b2..0d8f31cfbe613db9020b29f9672ca2981634818e 100644
--- a/libevdev/libevdev-uinput.c
+++ b/libevdev/libevdev-uinput.c
@@ -485,7 +485,11 @@ libevdev_uinput_write_event(const struct libevdev_uinput *uinput_dev,
 			    unsigned int code,
 			    int value)
 {
+	#if (__BITS_PER_LONG != 32 || !defind(__USE_TIME_BITS64)) && !defind(__KERNEL__)
 	struct input_event ev = { {0,0}, type, code, value };
+	#else
+	struct input_event ev = { type, code, value };
+	#endif
 	int fd = libevdev_uinput_get_fd(uinput_dev);
 	int rc, max;