diff --git a/include/proxy/logging/LogConfig.h b/include/proxy/logging/LogConfig.h
index de123a8d14c..47a83d76939 100644
--- a/include/proxy/logging/LogConfig.h
+++ b/include/proxy/logging/LogConfig.h
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ class LogConfig : public ConfigInfo
   bool    reconfiguration_needed  = false;
   bool    logging_space_exhausted = false;
   int64_t m_space_used            = 0;
-  int64_t m_partition_space_left;
-  bool    roll_log_files_now; // signal that files must be rolled
+  int64_t m_partition_space_left  = static_cast<int64_t>(UINT_MAX);
+  bool    roll_log_files_now      = false; // signal that files must be rolled
 
   LogObjectManager log_object_manager;
 
diff --git a/src/proxy/logging/LogConfig.cc b/src/proxy/logging/LogConfig.cc
index b53e798cbb9..dfa20f7d512 100644
--- a/src/proxy/logging/LogConfig.cc
+++ b/src/proxy/logging/LogConfig.cc
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ LogConfig::read_configuration_variables()
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 // TODO: Is UINT_MAX here really correct?
-LogConfig::LogConfig() : m_partition_space_left(static_cast<int64_t>(UINT_MAX))
+LogConfig::LogConfig()
 {
   // Setup the default values for all LogConfig public variables so that
   // a LogConfig object is valid upon return from the constructor even