diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 923b92327..9e5f69a14 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -138,8 +138,6 @@ int  relative_pid = 1;		/* process id starting at 1 */
 unsigned long pid_bit = 1;      /* bit corresponding to the process id */
 unsigned long all_proc_mask = 1; /* mask of all processes */
 
-struct thread_info thread_info[MAX_THREADS] = { };
-
 volatile unsigned long sleeping_thread_mask; /* Threads that are about to sleep in poll() */
 /* global options */
 struct global global = {
diff --git a/src/hathreads.c b/src/hathreads.c
index b159d5eb3..b25417cc8 100644
--- a/src/hathreads.c
+++ b/src/hathreads.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include <types/global.h>
 #include <proto/fd.h>
 
-struct thread_info thread_info[MAX_THREADS];
+struct thread_info thread_info[MAX_THREADS] = { };
 THREAD_LOCAL struct thread_info *ti = &thread_info[0];
 
 #ifdef USE_THREAD