diff --git a/place/vartmp/yamaker/openmp/destdir/kmp_runtime.cpp b/kmp_runtime.cpp
index 6fa741a..fe931bb 100644
--- a/kmp_runtime.cpp
+++ b/kmp_runtime.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ char const __kmp_version_lock[] =
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
 #if KMP_USE_MONITOR
-kmp_info_t __kmp_monitor;
+kmp_info_t __kmp_monitor = {0};
 #endif
 
 /* Forward declarations */