diff --git a/include/math.h b/include/math.h
index bbee62e2..6ac91da2 100644
--- a/include/math.h
+++ b/include/math.h
@@ -42,12 +42,14 @@ int __fpclassifyl(long double);
 
 static __inline unsigned __FLOAT_BITS(float __f)
 {
-	union {float __f; unsigned __i;} __u = {__f};
+	union {float __f; unsigned __i;} __u;
+	__u.__f = __f;
 	return __u.__i;
 }
 static __inline unsigned long long __DOUBLE_BITS(double __f)
 {
-	union {double __f; unsigned long long __i;} __u = {__f};
+	union {double __f; unsigned long long __i;} __u;
+	__u.__f = __f;
 	return __u.__i;
 }