diff --git a/examples/llava/clip.cpp b/examples/llava/clip.cpp
index 94d8294cd02cc..7e9fa320aec44 100644
--- a/examples/llava/clip.cpp
+++ b/examples/llava/clip.cpp
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ struct clip_ctx * clip_model_load(const char * fname, const int verbosity = 1) {
         }
     }
 
-    clip_ctx * new_clip = new clip_ctx;
+    clip_ctx * new_clip = new clip_ctx{};
 
     // update projector type
     {