diff --git a/utils/unittest/googletest/gtest-filepath.cc b/utils/unittest/googletest/gtest-filepath.cc
index 640c27c313c..493ba0bfa7d 100644
--- a/utils/unittest/googletest/gtest-filepath.cc
+++ b/utils/unittest/googletest/gtest-filepath.cc
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ bool FilePath::FileOrDirectoryExists() const {
   return _stat(pathname_.c_str(), &file_stat) == 0;
 #endif  // _WIN32_WCE
 #else
-  struct stat file_stat = {};
+  struct stat file_stat;
   return stat(pathname_.c_str(), &file_stat) == 0;
 #endif  // GTEST_OS_WINDOWS
 }
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ bool FilePath::DirectoryExists() const {
       (_S_IFDIR & file_stat.st_mode) != 0;
 #endif  // _WIN32_WCE
 #else
-  struct stat file_stat = {};
+  struct stat file_stat;
   result = stat(pathname_.c_str(), &file_stat) == 0 &&
       S_ISDIR(file_stat.st_mode);
 #endif  // GTEST_OS_WINDOWS