diff --git a/src/nouveau/mme/mme_value.h b/src/nouveau/mme/mme_value.h
index dda0580fa99..d9c77bd966e 100644
--- a/src/nouveau/mme/mme_value.h
+++ b/src/nouveau/mme/mme_value.h
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 enum mme_value_type {
-   MME_VALUE_TYPE_ZERO,
+   /* This must be zero, making a zero-initizlied mme_value a ZERO */
+   MME_VALUE_TYPE_ZERO = 0,
    MME_VALUE_TYPE_IMM,
    MME_VALUE_TYPE_REG,
 };