diff --git a/src/sync/src/syncRestore.c b/src/sync/src/syncRestore.c
index ada55aaf8f..d156c93865 100644
--- a/src/sync/src/syncRestore.c
+++ b/src/sync/src/syncRestore.c
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ static void syncRemoveExtraFile(SSyncPeer *pPeer, int32_t sindex, int32_t eindex
 
 static int32_t syncRestoreFile(SSyncPeer *pPeer, uint64_t *fversion) {
   SSyncNode *pNode = pPeer->pSyncNode;
-  SFileInfo  minfo = {0};
-  SFileInfo  sinfo = {0};
+  SFileInfo  minfo; memset(&minfo, 0, sizeof(SFileInfo)); /* = {0}; */
+  SFileInfo  sinfo; memset(&sinfo, 0, sizeof(SFileInfo)); /* = {0}; */
   SFileAck   fileAck = {0};
   int32_t    code = -1;
   char       name[TSDB_FILENAME_LEN * 2] = {0};
diff --git a/src/sync/src/syncRetrieve.c b/src/sync/src/syncRetrieve.c
index 4559285a1f..305ec492b9 100644
--- a/src/sync/src/syncRetrieve.c
+++ b/src/sync/src/syncRetrieve.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static int32_t syncAreFilesModified(SSyncNode *pNode, SSyncPeer *pPeer) {
 
 static int32_t syncRetrieveFile(SSyncPeer *pPeer) {
   SSyncNode *pNode = pPeer->pSyncNode;
-  SFileInfo  fileInfo = {0};
+  SFileInfo  fileInfo; memset(&fileInfo, 0, sizeof(SFileInfo));
   SFileAck   fileAck = {0};
   int32_t    code = TSDB_CODE_SYN_APP_ERROR;
   char       name[TSDB_FILENAME_LEN * 2] = {0};