Index: rust-vmm-sys-util-0.12.1/src/linux/signal.rs
===================================================================
--- rust-vmm-sys-util-0.12.1.orig/src/linux/signal.rs
+++ rust-vmm-sys-util-0.12.1/src/linux/signal.rs
@@ -374,10 +374,7 @@ pub fn clear_signal(num: c_int) -> Signa
         // of libc calls.
         unsafe {
             let mut siginfo: siginfo_t = mem::zeroed();
-            let ts = timespec {
-                tv_sec: 0,
-                tv_nsec: 0,
-            };
+            let ts: timespec = mem::zeroed();
             // Attempt to consume one instance of pending signal. If signal
             // is not pending, the call will fail with EAGAIN or EINTR.
             let ret = sigtimedwait(&sigset, &mut siginfo, &ts);
Index: rust-vmm-sys-util-0.12.1/src/rand.rs
===================================================================
--- rust-vmm-sys-util-0.12.1.orig/src/rand.rs
+++ rust-vmm-sys-util-0.12.1/src/rand.rs
@@ -26,10 +26,7 @@ pub fn timestamp_cycles() -> u64 {
     {
         const MONOTONIC_CLOCK_MULTPIPLIER: u64 = 1_000_000_000;
 
-        let mut ts = libc::timespec {
-            tv_sec: 0,
-            tv_nsec: 0,
-        };
+        let mut ts = unsafe { std::mem::zeroed() };
         // SAFETY: We initialized the parameters correctly and we trust the function.
         unsafe {
             libc::clock_gettime(libc::CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &mut ts);