diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxq.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxq.c
index 7ce5b261cc..6fa48bc9ab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxq.c
@@ -469,7 +469,9 @@ mlx4_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t desc,
 			 dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.hw_ip_checksum),
 		.csum_l2tun = (priv->hw_csum_l2tun &&
 			       dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.hw_ip_checksum),
-		.stats.idx = idx,
+		.stats = {
+			.idx = idx,
+		},
 		.socket = socket,
 	};
 	/* Enable scattered packets support for this queue if necessary. */
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_txq.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_txq.c
index 6d3dd78227..a9c5bd2485 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_txq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_txq.c
@@ -261,7 +261,9 @@ mlx4_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t desc,
 	}
 	*txq = (struct txq){
 		.priv = priv,
-		.stats.idx = idx,
+		.stats = {
+			.idx = idx,
+		},
 		.socket = socket,
 		.elts_n = desc,
 		.elts = elts,