diff --git a/menu/menu_setting.c b/menu/menu_setting.c
index 1aef24936b..4df717bc16 100644
--- a/menu/menu_setting.c
+++ b/menu/menu_setting.c
@@ -7263,8 +7263,8 @@ static bool setting_append_list_input_player_options(
    static char buffer[MAX_USERS][13+2+1];
    static char group_lbl[MAX_USERS][255];
    unsigned i;
-   rarch_setting_group_info_t group_info      = {0};
-   rarch_setting_group_info_t subgroup_info   = {0};
+   rarch_setting_group_info_t group_info;
+   rarch_setting_group_info_t subgroup_info;
    settings_t *settings                       = config_get_ptr();
    rarch_system_info_t *system                = runloop_get_system_info();
    const struct retro_keybind* const defaults =
@@ -7272,6 +7272,9 @@ static bool setting_append_list_input_player_options(
    const char *temp_value                     = msg_hash_to_str
       ((enum msg_hash_enums)(MENU_ENUM_LABEL_INPUT_USER_1_BINDS + user));
 
+   group_info.name                            = NULL;
+   subgroup_info.name                         = NULL;
+
    strlcat(buffer[user], "", sizeof(buffer[user]));
 
    strlcpy(group_lbl[user], temp_value, sizeof(group_lbl[user]));