diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderBase.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderBase.cpp
index 0975b2c172..ce637401ac 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderBase.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderBase.cpp
@@ -24,16 +24,9 @@
 #endif
 
 VertexLoaderBase::VertexLoaderBase(const TVtxDesc& vtx_desc, const VAT& vtx_attr)
+    : m_VtxDesc{vtx_desc}, m_vat{vtx_attr}
 {
-  m_numLoadedVertices = 0;
-  m_VertexSize = 0;
-  m_native_vertex_format = nullptr;
-  m_native_components = 0;
-  memset(&m_native_vtx_decl, 0, sizeof(m_native_vtx_decl));
-
   SetVAT(vtx_attr);
-  m_VtxDesc = vtx_desc;
-  m_vat = vtx_attr;
 }
 
 void VertexLoaderBase::SetVAT(const VAT& vat)
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderBase.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderBase.h
index 38fa66c371..0c1c3c50cb 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderBase.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderBase.h
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@ public:
   virtual std::string GetName() const = 0;
 
   // per loader public state
-  int m_VertexSize;  // number of bytes of a raw GC vertex
-  PortableVertexDeclaration m_native_vtx_decl;
-  u32 m_native_components;
+  int m_VertexSize = 0;  // number of bytes of a raw GC vertex
+  PortableVertexDeclaration m_native_vtx_decl{};
+  u32 m_native_components = 0;
 
   // used by VertexLoaderManager
-  NativeVertexFormat* m_native_vertex_format;
-  int m_numLoadedVertices;
+  NativeVertexFormat* m_native_vertex_format = nullptr;
+  int m_numLoadedVertices = 0;
 
 protected:
   VertexLoaderBase(const TVtxDesc& vtx_desc, const VAT& vtx_attr);