diff --git a/service/qos/service_level_controller.cc b/service/qos/service_level_controller.cc
index bfa9afcf3c..0b936c40de 100644
--- a/service/qos/service_level_controller.cc
+++ b/service/qos/service_level_controller.cc
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ future<> service_level_controller::do_add_service_level(sstring name, service_le
             return make_ready_future();
         }
     } else {
-        return do_with(service_level{.slo = slo, .is_static = is_static}, std::move(name), [this] (service_level& sl, sstring& name) {
+        return do_with(service_level(slo, false, is_static), std::move(name), [this] (service_level& sl, sstring& name) {
             return container().invoke_on_all(&service_level_controller::notify_service_level_added, name, sl);
         });
     }
diff --git a/service/qos/service_level_controller.hh b/service/qos/service_level_controller.hh
index ecb89018d4..b76da1cba5 100644
--- a/service/qos/service_level_controller.hh
+++ b/service/qos/service_level_controller.hh
@@ -42,8 +42,16 @@ namespace qos {
  */
 struct service_level {
      service_level_options slo;
-     bool marked_for_deletion;
-     bool is_static;
+     bool marked_for_deletion = false;
+     bool is_static = false;
+
+     service_level() = default;
+
+     service_level(service_level_options slo, bool marked_for_deletion, bool is_static)
+            : slo(std::move(slo))
+            , marked_for_deletion(marked_for_deletion)
+            , is_static(is_static)
+     {}
 };
 
 using update_both_cache_levels = bool_class<class update_both_cache_levels_tag>;