diff --git a/src/lib/xiph/OggStream.hxx b/src/lib/xiph/OggStream.hxx
index 49559eb06..b99de301a 100644
--- a/src/lib/xiph/OggStream.hxx
+++ b/src/lib/xiph/OggStream.hxx
@@ -34,12 +34,11 @@ class OggStream {
 	bool flush;
 
 #ifndef NDEBUG
-	bool initialized;
+	bool initialized = false;
 #endif
 
 public:
 #ifndef NDEBUG
-	OggStream():initialized(false) {}
 	~OggStream() {
 		assert(!initialized);
 	}