diff --git a/include/rocksdb/transaction_log.h b/include/rocksdb/transaction_log.h
index abf072574..41a3250d8 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/transaction_log.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/transaction_log.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class LogFile {
 };
 
 struct BatchResult {
-  SequenceNumber sequence = SequenceNumber();
+  SequenceNumber sequence = 0;
   std::unique_ptr<WriteBatch> writeBatchPtr;
 };