diff --git a/interface/zdot.c b/interface/zdot.c
index 7eb8371de..cd956b075 100644
--- a/interface/zdot.c
+++ b/interface/zdot.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ OPENBLAS_COMPLEX_FLOAT CNAME(blasint n, FLOAT *x, blasint incx, FLOAT *y, blasin
 
   if (n <= 0) {
 #ifdef FORCE_USE_STACK
+    OPENBLAS_COMPLEX_FLOAT zero=OPENBLAS_MAKE_COMPLEX_FLOAT(0.0, 0.0);
     *result = zero;
 //	CREAL(*result) = 0.0;
 //	CIMAG(*result) = 0.0;