diff --git a/glib/gmarkup.c b/glib/gmarkup.c
index b8327fb6d..cfebed3e2 100644
--- a/glib/gmarkup.c
+++ b/glib/gmarkup.c
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ emit_start_element (GMarkupParseContext  *context,
    */
   if ((context->flags & G_MARKUP_IGNORE_QUALIFIED) && strchr (current_element (context), ':'))
     {
-      static const GMarkupParser ignore_parser;
+      static const GMarkupParser ignore_parser = { 0 };
       g_markup_parse_context_push (context, &ignore_parser, NULL);
       clear_attributes (context);
       return;