diff --git a/trace2/tr2_tgt_event.c b/trace2/tr2_tgt_event.c
index b5c63622d1e..c5c8cfbbaa0 100644
--- a/trace2/tr2_tgt_event.c
+++ b/trace2/tr2_tgt_event.c
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 #include "trace2/tr2_tgt.h"
 #include "trace2/tr2_tls.h"
 
-static struct tr2_dst tr2dst_event = { TR2_SYSENV_EVENT, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
+static struct tr2_dst tr2dst_event = {
+	.sysenv_var = TR2_SYSENV_EVENT,
+};
 
 /*
  * The version number of the JSON data generated by the EVENT target in this
diff --git a/trace2/tr2_tgt_normal.c b/trace2/tr2_tgt_normal.c
index c7992650018..c42fbade7f0 100644
--- a/trace2/tr2_tgt_normal.c
+++ b/trace2/tr2_tgt_normal.c
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 #include "trace2/tr2_tgt.h"
 #include "trace2/tr2_tls.h"
 
-static struct tr2_dst tr2dst_normal = { TR2_SYSENV_NORMAL, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
+static struct tr2_dst tr2dst_normal = {
+	.sysenv_var = TR2_SYSENV_NORMAL,
+};
 
 /*
  * Use the TR2_SYSENV_NORMAL_BRIEF setting to omit the "<time> <file>:<line>"
diff --git a/trace2/tr2_tgt_perf.c b/trace2/tr2_tgt_perf.c
index a2a0195e0f4..a1eff8bea31 100644
--- a/trace2/tr2_tgt_perf.c
+++ b/trace2/tr2_tgt_perf.c
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 #include "trace2/tr2_tgt.h"
 #include "trace2/tr2_tls.h"
 
-static struct tr2_dst tr2dst_perf = { TR2_SYSENV_PERF, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
+static struct tr2_dst tr2dst_perf = {
+	.sysenv_var = TR2_SYSENV_PERF,
+};
 
 /*
  * Use TR2_SYSENV_PERF_BRIEF to omit the "<time> <file>:<line>"