2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/std/atomic/queue.zig b/std/atomic/queue.zig
index 6c61bcc048..183c434dc5 100644
--- a/std/atomic/queue.zig
+++ b/std/atomic/queue.zig
@@ -221,11 +221,12 @@ fn startPuts(ctx: *Context) u8 {
     while (put_count != 0) : (put_count -= 1) {
         std.os.time.sleep(1); // let the os scheduler be our fuzz
         const x = @bitCast(i32, r.random.scalar(u32));
-        const node = ctx.allocator.create(Queue(i32).Node{
+        const node = ctx.allocator.create(Queue(i32).Node) catch unreachable;
+        node.* = Queue(i32).Node{
             .prev = undefined,
             .next = undefined,
             .data = x,
-        }) catch unreachable;
+        };
         ctx.queue.put(node);
         _ = @atomicRmw(isize, &ctx.put_sum, builtin.AtomicRmwOp.Add, x, AtomicOrder.SeqCst);
     }
diff --git a/std/atomic/stack.zig b/std/atomic/stack.zig
index 1e4981353b..503fa0c0ce 100644
--- a/std/atomic/stack.zig
+++ b/std/atomic/stack.zig
@@ -155,10 +155,11 @@ fn startPuts(ctx: *Context) u8 {
     while (put_count != 0) : (put_count -= 1) {
         std.os.time.sleep(1); // let the os scheduler be our fuzz
         const x = @bitCast(i32, r.random.scalar(u32));
-        const node = ctx.allocator.create(Stack(i32).Node{
+        const node = ctx.allocator.create(Stack(i32).Node) catch unreachable;
+        node.* = Stack(i32).Node{
             .next = undefined,
             .data = x,
-        }) catch unreachable;
+        };
         ctx.stack.push(node);
         _ = @atomicRmw(isize, &ctx.put_sum, builtin.AtomicRmwOp.Add, x, AtomicOrder.SeqCst);
     }