diff --git a/daemon/nfs41_ops.c b/daemon/nfs41_ops.c
index f7af9d2..5a41d99 100644
--- a/daemon/nfs41_ops.c
+++ b/daemon/nfs41_ops.c
@@ -764,13 +764,13 @@ int nfs41_write(
     nfs41_putfh_res putfh_res;
     nfs41_write_args write_args;
     nfs41_write_res write_res;
-    nfs41_getattr_args getattr_args;
-    nfs41_getattr_res getattr_res = {0};
-    bitmap4 attr_request;
-    nfs41_file_info info = { 0 }, *pinfo;
-
-    nfs41_superblock_getattr_mask(file->fh.superblock, &attr_request);
-
+    nfs41_getattr_args getattr_args;
+    nfs41_getattr_res getattr_res = {0};
+    bitmap4 attr_request;
+    nfs41_file_info info, *pinfo;
+
+    nfs41_superblock_getattr_mask(file->fh.superblock, &attr_request);
+
     compound_init(&compound, argops, resops,
         stateid->stateid.seqid == 0 ? "ds write" : "write");
 
@@ -786,14 +786,19 @@ int nfs41_write(
     write_args.offset = offset;
     write_args.stable = stable;
     write_args.data_len = data_len;
-    write_args.data = data;
-    write_res.resok4.verf = verf;
-
-    if (cinfo) pinfo = cinfo;
-    else pinfo = &info;
-
-    if (stable != UNSTABLE4) {
-        /* if the write is stable, we can't rely on COMMIT to update
+    write_args.data = data;
+    write_res.resok4.verf = verf;
+
+    if (cinfo) {
+        pinfo = cinfo;
+    }
+    else {
+        (void)memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
+        pinfo = &info;
+    }
+
+    if (stable != UNSTABLE4) {
+        /* if the write is stable, we can't rely on COMMIT to update
          * the attribute cache, so we do the GETATTR here */
         compound_add_op(&compound, OP_GETATTR, &getattr_args, &getattr_res);
         getattr_args.attr_request = &attr_request;
@@ -1839,10 +1844,10 @@ enum nfsstat4 nfs41_fs_locations(
     nfs41_lookup_res lookup_res;
     nfs41_getattr_args getattr_args;
     nfs41_getattr_res getattr_res NDSH(= { 0 });
-    bitmap4 attr_request = { 1, { FATTR4_WORD0_FS_LOCATIONS } };
+    bitmap4 attr_request = { .count=1, .arr[0]=FATTR4_WORD0_FS_LOCATIONS };
     nfs41_file_info info;
 
-    compound_init(&compound, argops, resops, "fs_locations");
+    compound_init(&compound, argops, resops, "fs_locations");
 
     compound_add_op(&compound, OP_SEQUENCE, &sequence_args, &sequence_res);
     nfs41_session_sequence(&sequence_args, session, 0);
diff --git a/daemon/readwrite.c b/daemon/readwrite.c
index bdfb902..14e4bcb 100644
--- a/daemon/readwrite.c
+++ b/daemon/readwrite.c
@@ -183,13 +183,15 @@ static int write_to_mds(
     unsigned char *p;
     const uint32_t maxwritesize = max_write_size(session, &file->fh);
     uint32_t to_send, reloffset, len;
-    int status = 0;
-    /* on write verifier mismatch, retry N times before failing */
-    uint32_t retries = MAX_WRITE_RETRIES;
-    nfs41_file_info info = { 0 };
-
-retry_write:
-    p = args->buffer;
+    int status = 0;
+    /* on write verifier mismatch, retry N times before failing */
+    uint32_t retries = MAX_WRITE_RETRIES;
+    nfs41_file_info info;
+
+    (void)memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
+
+retry_write:
+    p = args->buffer;
     to_send = args->len;
     reloffset = 0;
     len = 0;
@@ -258,13 +260,15 @@ static int write_to_pnfs(
     IN nfs41_upcall *upcall,
     IN stateid_arg *stateid)
 {
-    readwrite_upcall_args *args = &upcall->args.rw;
-    pnfs_layout_state *layout;
-    int status = NO_ERROR;
-    nfs41_file_info info = { 0 };
-
-    if (pnfs_layout_state_open(upcall->state_ref, &layout)) {
-        status = ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+    readwrite_upcall_args *args = &upcall->args.rw;
+    pnfs_layout_state *layout;
+    int status = NO_ERROR;
+    nfs41_file_info info;
+
+    (void)memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
+
+    if (pnfs_layout_state_open(upcall->state_ref, &layout)) {
+        status = ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
         goto out;
     }
 
diff --git a/daemon/setattr.c b/daemon/setattr.c
index e01e962..5e401a8 100644
--- a/daemon/setattr.c
+++ b/daemon/setattr.c
@@ -62,10 +62,13 @@ static int handle_nfs41_setattr_basicinfo(void *daemon_context, setattr_upcall_a
     nfs41_open_state *state = args->state;
     nfs41_superblock *superblock = state->file.fh.superblock;
     stateid_arg stateid;
-    nfs41_file_info info = { 0 }, old_info = { 0 };
+    nfs41_file_info info, old_info;
     int status = NO_ERROR;
     int getattr_status;
 
+    (void)memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
+    (void)memset(&old_info, 0, sizeof(old_info));
+
     getattr_status = nfs41_cached_getattr(state->session,
         &state->file, &old_info);
     if (getattr_status) {
@@ -370,14 +373,16 @@ static int handle_nfs41_rename(void *daemon_context, setattr_upcall_args *args)
 
 static int handle_nfs41_set_size(void *daemon_context, setattr_upcall_args *args)
 {
-    nfs41_file_info info = { 0 };
+    nfs41_file_info info;
     stateid_arg stateid;
-    /* note: this is called with either FILE_END_OF_FILE_INFO or
-     * FILE_ALLOCATION_INFO, both of which contain a single LARGE_INTEGER */
+    /* note: this is called with either FILE_END_OF_FILE_INFO or
+     * FILE_ALLOCATION_INFO, both of which contain a single LARGE_INTEGER */
     PLARGE_INTEGER size = (PLARGE_INTEGER)args->buf;
     nfs41_open_state *state = args->state;
     int status;
 
+    (void)memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
+
     EASSERT_MSG(args->buf_len == sizeof(size->QuadPart),
         ("args->buf_len=%ld\n", (long)args->buf_len));
 
@@ -420,15 +425,17 @@ static int handle_nfs41_link(void *daemon_context, setattr_upcall_args *args)
     PFILE_LINK_INFORMATION link = (PFILE_LINK_INFORMATION)args->buf;
     nfs41_session *dst_session;
     nfs41_abs_path dst_path = { 0 };
-    nfs41_path_fh dst_dir, dst;
-    nfs41_component dst_name;
-    uint32_t depth = 0;
-    nfs41_file_info info = { 0 };
-    int status;
-
-    dst_path.len = (unsigned short)WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0,
-        link->FileName, link->FileNameLength/sizeof(WCHAR),
-        dst_path.path, NFS41_MAX_PATH_LEN, NULL, NULL);
+    nfs41_path_fh dst_dir, dst;
+    nfs41_component dst_name;
+    uint32_t depth = 0;
+    nfs41_file_info info;
+    int status;
+
+    (void)memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
+
+    dst_path.len = (unsigned short)WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0,
+        link->FileName, link->FileNameLength/sizeof(WCHAR),
+        dst_path.path, NFS41_MAX_PATH_LEN, NULL, NULL);
     if (dst_path.len == 0) {
         eprintf("WideCharToMultiByte failed to convert destination "
             "filename %S.\n", link->FileName);
diff --git a/daemon/util.h b/daemon/util.h
index 37d50a7..cbc82cc 100644
--- a/daemon/util.h
+++ b/daemon/util.h
@@ -250,13 +250,13 @@ static __inline void nfstime_diff(
 }
 static __inline void nfstime_abs(
     IN const nfstime4 *nt,
-    OUT nfstime4 *result)
-{
-    if (nt->seconds < 0) {
-        const nfstime4 zero = { 0, 0 };
-        nfstime_diff(&zero, nt, result); /* result = 0 - nt */
-    } else if (result != nt)
-        memcpy(result, nt, sizeof(nfstime4));
+    OUT nfstime4 *result)
+{
+    if (nt->seconds < 0) {
+        const nfstime4 zero = { .seconds=0LL, .nseconds=0UL };
+        nfstime_diff(&zero, nt, result); /* result = 0 - nt */
+    } else if (result != nt)
+        memcpy(result, nt, sizeof(nfstime4));
 }