diff --git a/src/helpers/Drm.cpp b/src/helpers/Drm.cpp
index 7f1f5b3a6..17931b8ac 100644
--- a/src/helpers/Drm.cpp
+++ b/src/helpers/Drm.cpp
@@ -124,15 +124,12 @@ CFileDescriptor DRM::mergeFence(const CFileDescriptor& fd1, const CFileDescripto
 
     CFileDescriptor mergedFence;
 #ifdef __linux__
-    const std::string      name = "merged release fence";
     struct sync_merge_data data{
-        .name  = {}, // zero-initialize name[]
+        .name  = "merged release fence",
         .fd2   = fd2.get(),
         .fence = -1,
     };
 
-    std::ranges::copy_n(name.c_str(), std::min(name.size() + 1, sizeof(data.name)), data.name);
-
     if (doIoctl(fd1.get(), SYNC_IOC_MERGE, &data) == 0)
         mergedFence = CFileDescriptor(data.fence);
     else