diff --git a/src/fdb.c b/src/fdb.c
index 97fc0af..5b066c8 100644
--- a/src/fdb.c
+++ b/src/fdb.c
@@ -151,4 +151,4 @@ const char *_fdb_db_path(fdb_db_t db)
         return NULL;
 #endif
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/fdb_kvdb.c b/src/fdb_kvdb.c
index 132323b..35f90f2 100644
--- a/src/fdb_kvdb.c
+++ b/src/fdb_kvdb.c
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ static fdb_err_t del_kv(fdb_kvdb_t db, const char *key, fdb_kv_t old_kv, bool co
 {
     fdb_err_t result = FDB_NO_ERR;
     uint32_t dirty_status_addr;
-    struct fdb_kv kv = { 0 };
+    struct fdb_kv kv = { FDB_KV_UNUSED };
 
 #if (KV_STATUS_TABLE_SIZE >= FDB_DIRTY_STATUS_TABLE_SIZE)
     uint8_t status_table[KV_STATUS_TABLE_SIZE];