diff --git a/lib/bc-stats.cpp b/lib/bc-stats.cpp
index db35ae7b..604ade5e 100644
--- a/lib/bc-stats.cpp
+++ b/lib/bc-stats.cpp
@@ -372,9 +372,7 @@ bool bc_stats::update_net_info()
             if (iface.pkts_sent > it->second.pkts_sent && it->second.pkts_sent > 0)
                 iface.pkts_sent_per_sec = (iface.pkts_sent - it->second.pkts_sent) / _monitoring_interval;
 
-            if (!iface.ipaddr.length()) iface.ipaddr = get_iface_ip_addr(iface.name.c_str());
-    
-            /* Update existing value with copy-assigment */
+            iface.ipaddr = get_iface_ip_addr(iface.name.c_str());
             it->second = iface;
         }
         else
diff --git a/lib/bc-stats.h b/lib/bc-stats.h
index b1c1dfe5..73a41eba 100644
--- a/lib/bc-stats.h
+++ b/lib/bc-stats.h
@@ -51,16 +51,16 @@ class bc_stats
         std::string ipaddr = std::string("");
         std::string name = std::string("");
 
-        uint64_t bytes_recv_per_sec;
-        uint64_t bytes_sent_per_sec;
-        uint64_t pkts_recv_per_sec;
-        uint64_t pkts_sent_per_sec;
-
-        int64_t bytes_recv;
-        int64_t bytes_sent;
-        int64_t pkts_recv;
-        int64_t pkts_sent;
-        int32_t type;
+        uint64_t bytes_recv_per_sec = 0;
+        uint64_t bytes_sent_per_sec = 0;
+        uint64_t pkts_recv_per_sec = 0;
+        uint64_t pkts_sent_per_sec = 0;
+
+        int64_t bytes_recv = 0;
+        int64_t bytes_sent = 0;
+        int64_t pkts_recv = 0;
+        int64_t pkts_sent = 0;
+        int32_t type = 0;
     };
 
     static void copy_cpu_info(bc_stats::cpu_info *dst, bc_stats::cpu_info *src);