diff --git a/libkc3/tag.c b/libkc3/tag.c
index e604026..e0059a7 100644
--- a/libkc3/tag.c
+++ b/libkc3/tag.c
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ s_tag * tag_init_var (s_tag *tag, const s_sym *type)
s_tag * tag_init_void (s_tag *tag)
{
assert(tag);
- memset(tag, 0, sizeof(s_tag));
+ explicit_bzero(tag, sizeof(s_tag));
return tag;
}