diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qprocess_unix.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qprocess_unix.cpp
index efeb81fb80d..ccf261d2de9 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qprocess_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qprocess_unix.cpp
@@ -902,7 +902,8 @@ void QProcessPrivate::waitForDeadChild()
     Q_ASSERT(forkfd != -1);
 
     // read the process information from our fd
-    forkfd_info info;
+    forkfd_info info = {}; // Silence -Wmaybe-uninitialized; Thiago says forkfd_wait cannot fail here
+                           // (QTBUG-119081)
     int ret;
     EINTR_LOOP(ret, forkfd_wait(forkfd, &info, nullptr));