diff --git a/opcodes/ChangeLog b/opcodes/ChangeLog
index 27ca2da7df..64070471c4 100644
--- a/opcodes/ChangeLog
+++ b/opcodes/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2018-10-08  Tamar Christina  <tamar.christina@arm.com>
+
+	* aarch64-opc.c (verify_constraints): Use memset instead of {0}.
+
 2018-10-05  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* i386-dis.c (rm_table): Add enclv.
diff --git a/opcodes/aarch64-opc.c b/opcodes/aarch64-opc.c
index 3f62e2a9fc..ed75a9a77e 100644
--- a/opcodes/aarch64-opc.c
+++ b/opcodes/aarch64-opc.c
@@ -4671,7 +4671,9 @@ verify_constraints (const struct aarch64_inst *inst,
 
 	  /* Next check for usage of the predicate register.  */
 	  aarch64_opnd_info blk_dest = insn_sequence->instr->operands[0];
-	  aarch64_opnd_info blk_pred = {0}, inst_pred = {0};
+	  aarch64_opnd_info blk_pred, inst_pred;
+	  memset (&blk_pred, 0, sizeof (aarch64_opnd_info));
+	  memset (&inst_pred, 0, sizeof (aarch64_opnd_info));
 	  bfd_boolean predicated = FALSE;
 	  assert (blk_dest.type == AARCH64_OPND_SVE_Zd);