diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index c9e70d39c1ea..07c8793efb1d 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -709,8 +709,8 @@ static const struct xattr_handler *ovl_xattr_handlers[] = {
 
 static int ovl_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 {
-	struct path upperpath = { NULL, NULL };
-	struct path workpath = { NULL, NULL };
+	struct path upperpath = { };
+	struct path workpath = { };
 	struct dentry *root_dentry;
 	struct inode *realinode;
 	struct ovl_entry *oe;
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/util.c b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
index 1953986ee6bc..35b8959db5ee 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/util.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ void ovl_path_lower(struct dentry *dentry, struct path *path)
 {
 	struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
 
-	*path = oe->numlower ? oe->lowerstack[0] : (struct path) { NULL, NULL };
+	*path = oe->numlower ? oe->lowerstack[0] : (struct path) { };
 }
 
 enum ovl_path_type ovl_path_real(struct dentry *dentry, struct path *path)