diff --git a/src/timesync/timesyncd-manager.c b/src/timesync/timesyncd-manager.c
index 262865d58e..6107531a3b 100644
--- a/src/timesync/timesyncd-manager.c
+++ b/src/timesync/timesyncd-manager.c
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ int manager_connect(Manager *m) {
         if (m->current_server_address && m->current_server_address->addresses_next)
                 manager_set_server_address(m, m->current_server_address->addresses_next);
         else {
-                struct addrinfo hints = {
+                static const struct addrinfo hints = {
                         .ai_flags = AI_NUMERICSERV|AI_ADDRCONFIG,
                         .ai_socktype = SOCK_DGRAM,
                 };