diff --git a/src/mldap.c b/src/mldap.c
index 92a330c..79efddb 100644
--- a/src/mldap.c
+++ b/src/mldap.c
@@ -50,18 +50,7 @@
 static unsigned char uuid_rootname_ndata[]
 	= { 4, 'u', 'u', 'i', 'd', 4, 'l', 'd', 'a', 'p', 0 };
 static unsigned char uuid_rootname_offsets[] = { 0, 5, 10 };
-static dns_name_t uuid_rootname =
-{
-	DNS_NAME_MAGIC,
-	uuid_rootname_ndata,
-	sizeof(uuid_rootname_ndata),
-	sizeof(uuid_rootname_offsets),
-	DNS_NAMEATTR_READONLY | DNS_NAMEATTR_ABSOLUTE,
-	uuid_rootname_offsets,
-	NULL,
-	{ (void *)-1, (void *)-1 },
-	{ NULL, NULL }
-};
+static dns_name_t uuid_rootname = DNS_NAME_INITABSOLUTE(uuid_rootname_ndata, uuid_rootname_offsets);
 
 struct mldapdb {
 	isc_mem_t	*mctx;