diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
index c7505fb122d4..4aec6b035fe9 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
@@ -133,8 +133,10 @@ void ima_add_violation(struct file *file, const unsigned char *filename,
 {
 	struct ima_template_entry *entry;
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
-	struct ima_event_data event_data = {iint, file, filename, NULL, 0,
-					    cause};
+	struct ima_event_data event_data = { .iint = iint,
+					     .file = file,
+					     .filename = filename,
+					     .violation = cause };
 	int violation = 1;
 	int result;
 
@@ -284,8 +286,11 @@ void ima_store_measurement(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
 	int result = -ENOMEM;
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct ima_template_entry *entry;
-	struct ima_event_data event_data = {iint, file, filename, xattr_value,
-					    xattr_len, NULL};
+	struct ima_event_data event_data = { .iint = iint,
+					     .file = file,
+					     .filename = filename,
+					     .xattr_value = xattr_value,
+					     .xattr_len = xattr_len };
 	int violation = 0;
 
 	if (iint->measured_pcrs & (0x1 << pcr))
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_init.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_init.c
index 6c9295449751..ef6c3a26296e 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_init.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_init.c
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ static int __init ima_add_boot_aggregate(void)
 	const char *audit_cause = "ENOMEM";
 	struct ima_template_entry *entry;
 	struct integrity_iint_cache tmp_iint, *iint = &tmp_iint;
-	struct ima_event_data event_data = {iint, NULL, boot_aggregate_name,
-					    NULL, 0, NULL};
+	struct ima_event_data event_data = { .iint = iint,
+					     .filename = boot_aggregate_name };
 	int result = -ENOMEM;
 	int violation = 0;
 	struct {