diff --git a/headers/private/kernel/lock.h b/headers/private/kernel/lock.h
index e7fb41359f..a2247a611a 100644
--- a/headers/private/kernel/lock.h
+++ b/headers/private/kernel/lock.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2008, Ingo Weinhold, ingo_weinhold@gmx.de.
- * Copyright 2002-2008, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de.
+ * Copyright 2002-2009, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de.
  * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
  *
  * Copyright 2001-2002, Travis Geiselbrecht. All rights reserved.
@@ -78,14 +78,16 @@ typedef struct rw_lock {
 
 // static initializers
 #if KDEBUG
-#	define MUTEX_INITIALIZER(name)			{ name, NULL, -1, 0 }
-#	define RECURSIVE_LOCK_INITIALIZER(name)	{ MUTEX_INITIALIZER(name), 0 }
+#	define MUTEX_INITIALIZER(name)			(mutex){ name, NULL, -1, 0 }
+#	define RECURSIVE_LOCK_INITIALIZER(name)	\
+		(recursive_lock){ MUTEX_INITIALIZER(name), 0 }
 #else
-#	define MUTEX_INITIALIZER(name)			{ name, NULL, 0, 0 }
-#	define RECURSIVE_LOCK_INITIALIZER(name)	{ MUTEX_INITIALIZER(name), -1, 0 }
+#	define MUTEX_INITIALIZER(name)			(mutex){ name, NULL, 0, 0 }
+#	define RECURSIVE_LOCK_INITIALIZER(name)	\
+		(recursive_lock){ MUTEX_INITIALIZER(name), -1, 0 }
 #endif
 
-#define RW_LOCK_INITIALIZER(name)			{ name, NULL, -1, 0, 0, 0 }
+#define RW_LOCK_INITIALIZER(name)			(rw_lock){ name, NULL, -1, 0, 0, 0 }
 
 
 #if KDEBUG