diff --git a/src/modules/evas/engines/software_x11/evas_xlib_color.c b/src/modules/evas/engines/software_x11/evas_xlib_color.c
index d5592ec2ba..5f3f9aa7cb 100644
--- a/src/modules/evas/engines/software_x11/evas_xlib_color.c
+++ b/src/modules/evas/engines/software_x11/evas_xlib_color.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ x_color_alloc_rgb(int nr, int ng, int nb, Display *d, Colormap cmap, Visual *v)
 		  val = (int)(((b * 255) / ((nb) - 1)));
 		  val = (val << 8) | val;
 		  xcl.blue = (unsigned short)(val);
+                  xcl.pixel = 0;
 		  xcl_in = xcl;
 		  ret = XAllocColor(d, cmap, &xcl);
 		  dr = (int)xcl_in.red - (int)xcl.red;
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ x_color_alloc_gray(int ng, Display *d, Colormap cmap, Visual *v)
 	xcl.red = (unsigned short)(val);
 	xcl.green = (unsigned short)(val);
 	xcl.blue = (unsigned short)(val);
+        xcl.pixel = 0;
 	xcl_in = xcl;
 	ret = XAllocColor(d, cmap, &xcl);
 	if ((ret == 0) ||