diff --git a/examples/libevent-client.c b/examples/libevent-client.c
index fd4aad5b..251d7ecf 100644
--- a/examples/libevent-client.c
+++ b/examples/libevent-client.c
@@ -354,6 +354,8 @@ static void initialize_nghttp2_session(http2_session_data *session_data)
 {
   nghttp2_session_callbacks callbacks;
 
+  memset(&callbacks, 0, sizeof(callbacks));
+
   callbacks.send_callback = send_callback;
   callbacks.before_frame_send_callback = before_frame_send_callback;
   callbacks.on_frame_recv_callback = on_frame_recv_callback;
diff --git a/examples/libevent-server.c b/examples/libevent-server.c
index 1efa7e02..239292db 100644
--- a/examples/libevent-server.c
+++ b/examples/libevent-server.c
@@ -551,6 +551,8 @@ static void initialize_nghttp2_session(http2_session_data *session_data)
 {
   nghttp2_session_callbacks callbacks;
 
+  memset(&callbacks, 0, sizeof(callbacks));
+
   callbacks.send_callback = send_callback;
   callbacks.on_frame_recv_callback = on_frame_recv_callback;
   callbacks.on_stream_close_callback = on_stream_close_callback;