diff --git a/src/basic/mkdir.c b/src/basic/mkdir.c
index 20329e04c2..f87de0a2bf 100644
--- a/src/basic/mkdir.c
+++ b/src/basic/mkdir.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ int mkdir_p_root_full(const char *root, const char *p, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, mod
                 struct timespec tspec;
                 timespec_store(&tspec, ts);
 
-                if (futimens(dfd, (const struct timespec[2]) { { .tv_nsec = UTIME_OMIT }, tspec }) < 0)
+                if (futimens(dfd, (const struct timespec[2]) { TIMESPEC_OMIT, tspec }) < 0)
                         return -errno;
 
                 if (futimens(nfd, (const struct timespec[2]) { tspec, tspec }) < 0)
diff --git a/src/basic/time-util.h b/src/basic/time-util.h
index b28ab8242f..f273770233 100644
--- a/src/basic/time-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/time-util.h
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ typedef enum TimestampStyle {
 #define DUAL_TIMESTAMP_INFINITY ((dual_timestamp) { USEC_INFINITY, USEC_INFINITY })
 #define TRIPLE_TIMESTAMP_NULL ((triple_timestamp) {})
 
+#define TIMESPEC_OMIT ((const struct timespec) { .tv_nsec = UTIME_OMIT })
+
 usec_t now(clockid_t clock);
 nsec_t now_nsec(clockid_t clock);
 
diff --git a/src/partition/repart.c b/src/partition/repart.c
index 4196576daa..7f7b68f9ff 100644
--- a/src/partition/repart.c
+++ b/src/partition/repart.c
@@ -4936,7 +4936,7 @@ static int do_copy_files(Context *context, Partition *p, const char *root) {
                                 struct timespec tspec;
                                 timespec_store(&tspec, ts);
 
-                                if (futimens(pfd, (const struct timespec[2]) { { .tv_nsec = UTIME_OMIT }, tspec }) < 0)
+                                if (futimens(pfd, (const struct timespec[2]) { TIMESPEC_OMIT, tspec }) < 0)
                                         return -errno;
                         }
                 }