diff --git a/src/filesrch.c b/src/filesrch.c
index ae1c0e85c..a97a45444 100644
--- a/src/filesrch.c
+++ b/src/filesrch.c
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ opendir (const CHAR *szPath)
   /* Initialize the dirent structure. ino and reclen are invalid under
    * Win32, and name simply points at the appropriate part of the
    * findfirst_t structure. */
+  nd->dd_dta = {0};
   nd->dd_dir.d_ino = 0;
   nd->dd_dir.d_reclen = 0;
   nd->dd_dir.d_namlen = 0;