diff --git a/sys/compat/freebsd32/freebsd32_misc.c b/sys/compat/freebsd32/freebsd32_misc.c
index 1c54d025a5e4..c90f796e348f 100644
--- a/sys/compat/freebsd32/freebsd32_misc.c
+++ b/sys/compat/freebsd32/freebsd32_misc.c
@@ -651,9 +651,11 @@ freebsd32_kevent(struct thread *td, struct freebsd32_kevent_args *uap)
 {
 	struct timespec32 ts32;
 	struct timespec ts, *tsp;
-	struct kevent_copyops k_ops = { uap,
-					freebsd32_kevent_copyout,
-					freebsd32_kevent_copyin};
+	struct kevent_copyops k_ops = {
+		.arg = uap,
+		.k_copyout = freebsd32_kevent_copyout,
+		.k_copyin = freebsd32_kevent_copyin,
+	};
 	int error;
 
 
diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_event.c b/sys/kern/kern_event.c
index ffdba2d6ee30..c911eb6d1d39 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_event.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_event.c
@@ -912,9 +912,11 @@ int
 sys_kevent(struct thread *td, struct kevent_args *uap)
 {
 	struct timespec ts, *tsp;
-	struct kevent_copyops k_ops = { uap,
-					kevent_copyout,
-					kevent_copyin};
+	struct kevent_copyops k_ops = {
+		.arg = uap,
+		.k_copyout = kevent_copyout,
+		.k_copyin = kevent_copyin,
+	};
 	int error;
 #ifdef KTRACE
 	struct uio ktruio;