diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 3043f6b9a3..f55c9c8c34 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ fs::path AbsPathForConfigVal(const fs::path& path, bool net_specific)
 int ScheduleBatchPriority(void)
 {
 #ifdef SCHED_BATCH
-    const static sched_param param{.sched_priority = 0};
+    const static sched_param param{0};
     if (int ret = pthread_setschedparam(pthread_self(), SCHED_BATCH, &param)) {
         LogPrintf("Failed to pthread_setschedparam: %s\n", strerror(errno));
         return ret;