diff --git a/lib/std/reset_event.zig b/lib/std/reset_event.zig
index e408c0d0ac8316a25e4f2400074a82a5e262cab8..91a7d2527109ddb5217fb20f78369398074a07f0 100644
--- a/lib/std/reset_event.zig
+++ b/lib/std/reset_event.zig
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ const PosixEvent = struct {
 
     pub fn init() PosixEvent {
         return PosixEvent{
-            .state = .0,
+            .state = 0,
             .cond = c.PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER,
             .mutex = c.PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER,
         };