diff --git a/rocclr/platform/memory.cpp b/rocclr/platform/memory.cpp
index 892c8655de..1edd79b3af 100644
--- a/rocclr/platform/memory.cpp
+++ b/rocclr/platform/memory.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include <atomic>
 
 // Stores the no. of memory allocations
-std::atomic<uint32_t> numAllocs = 0;
+std::atomic<uint32_t> numAllocs = {0};
 
 namespace amd {