diff --git a/src/dxvk/dxvk_descriptor.cpp b/src/dxvk/dxvk_descriptor.cpp
index 112011cb1..bb09d5178 100644
--- a/src/dxvk/dxvk_descriptor.cpp
+++ b/src/dxvk/dxvk_descriptor.cpp
@@ -305,10 +305,7 @@ namespace dxvk {
       { VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER,   maxSets / 64 },
       { VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, maxSets * 1  } }};
     
-    VkDescriptorPoolCreateInfo info;
-    info.sType         = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_POOL_CREATE_INFO;
-    info.pNext         = nullptr;
-    info.flags         = 0;
+    VkDescriptorPoolCreateInfo info = { VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_POOL_CREATE_INFO };
     info.maxSets       = maxSets;
     info.poolSizeCount = pools.size();
     info.pPoolSizes    = pools.data();
diff --git a/src/dxvk/dxvk_gpu_event.cpp b/src/dxvk/dxvk_gpu_event.cpp
index b54303f7d..6166ca09a 100644
--- a/src/dxvk/dxvk_gpu_event.cpp
+++ b/src/dxvk/dxvk_gpu_event.cpp
@@ -58,10 +58,7 @@ namespace dxvk {
     }
 
     if (!event) {
-      VkEventCreateInfo info;
-      info.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_EVENT_CREATE_INFO;
-      info.pNext = nullptr;
-      info.flags = 0;
+      VkEventCreateInfo info = { VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_EVENT_CREATE_INFO };
 
       VkResult status = m_vkd->vkCreateEvent(
         m_vkd->device(), &info, nullptr, &event);
diff --git a/src/dxvk/dxvk_gpu_query.cpp b/src/dxvk/dxvk_gpu_query.cpp
index 40d3a0910..426b58f6e 100644
--- a/src/dxvk/dxvk_gpu_query.cpp
+++ b/src/dxvk/dxvk_gpu_query.cpp
@@ -183,13 +183,9 @@ namespace dxvk {
 
   
   void DxvkGpuQueryAllocator::createQueryPool() {
-    VkQueryPoolCreateInfo info;
-    info.sType      = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_QUERY_POOL_CREATE_INFO;
-    info.pNext      = nullptr;
-    info.flags      = 0;
+    VkQueryPoolCreateInfo info = { VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_QUERY_POOL_CREATE_INFO };
     info.queryType  = m_queryType;
     info.queryCount = m_queryPoolSize;
-    info.pipelineStatistics = 0;
 
     if (m_queryType == VK_QUERY_TYPE_PIPELINE_STATISTICS) {
       info.pipelineStatistics
diff --git a/src/dxvk/dxvk_memory.cpp b/src/dxvk/dxvk_memory.cpp
index 279700d85..308bee3e1 100644
--- a/src/dxvk/dxvk_memory.cpp
+++ b/src/dxvk/dxvk_memory.cpp
@@ -407,17 +407,16 @@ namespace dxvk {
     result.memFlags = flags;
     result.priority = priority;
 
-    VkMemoryPriorityAllocateInfoEXT prio;
-    prio.sType            = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_MEMORY_PRIORITY_ALLOCATE_INFO_EXT;
-    prio.pNext            = dedAllocInfo;
+    VkMemoryPriorityAllocateInfoEXT prio = { VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_MEMORY_PRIORITY_ALLOCATE_INFO_EXT };
     prio.priority         = priority;
 
-    VkMemoryAllocateInfo info;
-    info.sType            = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_MEMORY_ALLOCATE_INFO;
-    info.pNext            = useMemoryPriority ? &prio : prio.pNext;
+    VkMemoryAllocateInfo info = { VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_MEMORY_ALLOCATE_INFO, dedAllocInfo };
     info.allocationSize   = size;
     info.memoryTypeIndex  = type->memTypeId;
 
+    if (useMemoryPriority)
+      prio.pNext = std::exchange(info.pNext, &prio);
+
     if (m_vkd->vkAllocateMemory(m_vkd->device(), &info, nullptr, &result.memHandle) != VK_SUCCESS)
       return DxvkDeviceMemory();