diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qtextboundaryfinder.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qtextboundaryfinder.cpp
index 8f20967a1d7..21d4c5153ea 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qtextboundaryfinder.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qtextboundaryfinder.cpp
@@ -173,9 +173,7 @@ QTextBoundaryFinder::QTextBoundaryFinder(BoundaryType type, const QString &strin
     : t(type)
     , s(string)
     , sv(s)
-    , pos(0)
     , freeBuffer(true)
-    , attributes(nullptr)
 {
     if (sv.size() > 0) {
         attributes = (QCharAttributes *) malloc((sv.size() + 1) * sizeof(QCharAttributes));
@@ -208,9 +206,7 @@ QTextBoundaryFinder::QTextBoundaryFinder(BoundaryType type, const QString &strin
 QTextBoundaryFinder::QTextBoundaryFinder(BoundaryType type, QStringView string, unsigned char *buffer, qsizetype bufferSize)
     : t(type)
     , sv(string)
-    , pos(0)
     , freeBuffer(true)
-    , attributes(nullptr)
 {
     if (!sv.isEmpty()) {
         if (buffer && bufferSize / int(sizeof(QCharAttributes)) >= sv.size() + 1) {
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qtextboundaryfinder.h b/src/corelib/text/qtextboundaryfinder.h
index 336096d2d01..04e64fd69b3 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qtextboundaryfinder.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qtextboundaryfinder.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ private:
     BoundaryType t = Grapheme;
     QString s;
     QStringView sv;
-    qsizetype pos;
+    qsizetype pos = 0;
     uint freeBuffer : 1;
     uint unused : 31;
     QCharAttributes *attributes = nullptr;