diff --git a/opal/mca/rcache/base/rcache_base_vma.c b/opal/mca/rcache/base/rcache_base_vma.c
index d45e6241ec2..795b1a829c3 100644
--- a/opal/mca/rcache/base/rcache_base_vma.c
+++ b/opal/mca/rcache/base/rcache_base_vma.c
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@
 
 static void mca_rcache_base_vma_module_construct(mca_rcache_base_vma_module_t *vma_module)
 {
+    OBJ_CONSTRUCT(&vma_module->vma_list, opal_list_t);
+    OBJ_CONSTRUCT(&vma_module->vma_gc_lifo, opal_lifo_t);
     OBJ_CONSTRUCT(&vma_module->vma_lock, opal_recursive_mutex_t);
+    vma_module->reg_cur_cache_size = 0;
     (void) mca_rcache_base_vma_tree_init(vma_module);
 }