diff --git a/Redirector/DNSHandler.cpp b/Redirector/DNSHandler.cpp
index 0ce0a550..edd5c25d 100644
--- a/Redirector/DNSHandler.cpp
+++ b/Redirector/DNSHandler.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ void ProcessPacket(ENDPOINT_ID id, SOCKADDR_IN6 target, char* packet, int length
 				{
 					if (udpConn.Send(&dnsAddr, packet, length) == length)
 					{
-						timeval timeout;
+						timeval timeout{};
 						timeout.tv_sec = 4;
 
 						int size = udpConn.Read(NULL, buffer, sizeof(buffer), &timeout);