diff --git a/include/cglm-affine.h b/include/cglm-affine.h
index 249bd6e..3007f42 100644
--- a/include/cglm-affine.h
+++ b/include/cglm-affine.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 CGLM_INLINE
 void
 glm_translate_to(mat4 m, vec3 v, mat4 dest) {
-  mat4 t = GLM_MAT4_IDENTITY;
+  mat4 t = GLM_MAT4_IDENTITY_INIT;
 
 #if defined( __SSE__ ) || defined( __SSE2__ )
   _mm_store_ps(dest[3],
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void
 glm_rotate_x(mat4 m, float rad, mat4 dest) {
   float cosVal;
   float sinVal;
-  mat4  t = GLM_MAT4_IDENTITY;
+  mat4  t = GLM_MAT4_IDENTITY_INIT;
 
   cosVal = cosf(rad);
   sinVal = sinf(rad);
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ void
 glm_rotate_y(mat4 m, float rad, mat4 dest) {
   float cosVal;
   float sinVal;
-  mat4  t = GLM_MAT4_IDENTITY;
+  mat4  t = GLM_MAT4_IDENTITY_INIT;
 
   cosVal = cosf(rad);
   sinVal = sinf(rad);
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void
 glm_rotate_z(mat4 m, float rad, mat4 dest) {
   float cosVal;
   float sinVal;
-  mat4  t = GLM_MAT4_IDENTITY;
+  mat4  t = GLM_MAT4_IDENTITY_INIT;
 
   cosVal = cosf(rad);
   sinVal = sinf(rad);
diff --git a/include/cglm-mat.h b/include/cglm-mat.h
index 3c26329..9e04bd5 100644
--- a/include/cglm-mat.h
+++ b/include/cglm-mat.h
@@ -12,11 +12,13 @@
 #include "cglm-mat-simd.h"
 #include <assert.h>
 
-#define GLM_MAT4_IDENTITY (mat4){1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f,                      \
+#define GLM_MAT4_IDENTITY_INIT  {1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f,                      \
                                  0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f,                      \
                                  0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f,                      \
                                  0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f}
 
+#define GLM_MAT4_IDENTITY (mat4)GLM_MAT4_IDENTITY_INIT
+
 #define glm_mat4_mul_impl(l, r, d)                                            \
  do {                                                                         \
     d[0]  = l[0]  * r[0] + l[1]  * r[4] + l[2]  * r[8]  + l[3]  * r[12];      \