diff -rud boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp
--- boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp
+++ boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp
@@ -958,16 +958,14 @@
 
 public:
     BOOST_DEFAULTED_FUNCTION(base_atomic(void), {})
-    explicit base_atomic(value_type const& v) BOOST_NOEXCEPT
+    explicit base_atomic(value_type const& v) BOOST_NOEXCEPT : v_(0)
     {
-        memset(&v_, 0, sizeof(v_));
         memcpy(&v_, &v, sizeof(value_type));
     }
 
     void store(value_type const& v, memory_order order = memory_order_seq_cst) volatile BOOST_NOEXCEPT
     {
-        storage_type tmp;
-        memset(&tmp, 0, sizeof(tmp));
+        storage_type tmp = 0;
         memcpy(&tmp, &v, sizeof(value_type));
         __atomic_store_n(&v_, tmp, atomics::detail::convert_memory_order_to_gcc(order));
     }
@@ -982,8 +980,7 @@
 
     value_type exchange(value_type const& v, memory_order order = memory_order_seq_cst) volatile BOOST_NOEXCEPT
     {
-        storage_type tmp;
-        memset(&tmp, 0, sizeof(tmp));
+        storage_type tmp = 0;
         memcpy(&tmp, &v, sizeof(value_type));
         tmp = __atomic_exchange_n(&v_, tmp, atomics::detail::convert_memory_order_to_gcc(order));
         value_type res;
@@ -997,9 +994,7 @@
         memory_order success_order,
         memory_order failure_order) volatile BOOST_NOEXCEPT
     {
-        storage_type expected_s, desired_s;
-        memset(&expected_s, 0, sizeof(expected_s));
-        memset(&desired_s, 0, sizeof(desired_s));
+        storage_type expected_s = 0, desired_s = 0;
         memcpy(&expected_s, &expected, sizeof(value_type));
         memcpy(&desired_s, &desired, sizeof(value_type));
         const bool success = __atomic_compare_exchange_n(&v_, &expected_s, desired_s, false,
@@ -1015,9 +1010,7 @@
         memory_order success_order,
         memory_order failure_order) volatile BOOST_NOEXCEPT
     {
-        storage_type expected_s, desired_s;
-        memset(&expected_s, 0, sizeof(expected_s));
-        memset(&desired_s, 0, sizeof(desired_s));
+        storage_type expected_s = 0, desired_s = 0;
         memcpy(&expected_s, &expected, sizeof(value_type));
         memcpy(&desired_s, &desired, sizeof(value_type));
         const bool success = __atomic_compare_exchange_n(&v_, &expected_s, desired_s, true,