diff --git a/database_info.c b/database_info.c
index e6514e6d80..49b46af3c6 100644
--- a/database_info.c
+++ b/database_info.c
@@ -433,9 +433,11 @@ database_info_handle_t *database_info_dir_init(const char *dir,
 
                for (i = 0; i < archive_list->size; i++)
                {
-                  char new_path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH] = {0};
+                  char new_path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
                   size_t path_len = strlen(path);
 
+                  new_path[0] = '\0';
+
                   strlcpy(new_path, path, sizeof(new_path));
 
                   if (path_len + strlen(archive_list->elems[i].data)
@@ -493,9 +495,11 @@ database_info_handle_t *database_info_file_init(const char *path,
 
          for (i = 0; i < archive_list->size; i++)
          {
-            char new_path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH] = {0};
+            char new_path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
             size_t path_len = strlen(path);
 
+            new_path[0] = '\0';
+
             strlcpy(new_path, path, sizeof(new_path));
 
             if (path_len + strlen(archive_list->elems[i].data)