diff --git a/parser-library/nt-headers.h b/parser-library/nt-headers.h
index 075011c..a025009 100644
--- a/parser-library/nt-headers.h
+++ b/parser-library/nt-headers.h
@@ -220,6 +220,13 @@ struct resource_dir_entry_sz {
 };
 
 struct resource_dir_entry {
+  inline resource_dir_entry(void)
+      : ID(0),
+        RVA(0),
+        type(0),
+        name(0),
+        lang(0) {}
+
   boost::uint32_t ID;
   boost::uint32_t RVA;
   boost::uint32_t type;
diff --git a/parser-library/parse.cpp b/parser-library/parse.cpp
index 06e0567..c952a49 100644
--- a/parser-library/parse.cpp
+++ b/parser-library/parse.cpp
@@ -161,14 +161,9 @@ bool parse_resource_table(bounded_buffer *sectionData, ::uint32_t o, ::uint32_t
     return true; // This is not a hard error. It does happen.
 
   for (i = 0; i < rdt.NameEntries + rdt.IDEntries; i++) {
-    resource_dir_entry *rde;
+    resource_dir_entry *rde = dirent;
     if (!dirent) {
-      rde = new resource_dir_entry();
-      if (!rde)
-        return false;
-      memset(rde, 0, sizeof(*rde));
-    } else {
-      rde = dirent;
+      rde = new resource_dir_entry;
     }
 
     READ_DWORD_PTR(sectionData, o, rde, ID);