diff --git a/src/rpc/daemon_messages.h b/src/rpc/daemon_messages.h
index 8fff369df..be3138e3b 100644
--- a/src/rpc/daemon_messages.h
+++ b/src/rpc/daemon_messages.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class classname \
 // NOTE: when using a type with multiple template parameters,
 // replace any comma in the template specifier with the macro
 // above, or the preprocessor will eat the comma in a bad way.
-#define RPC_MESSAGE_MEMBER(type, name) type name;
+#define RPC_MESSAGE_MEMBER(type, name) type name = type{}
 
 
 namespace cryptonote