diff --git a/atom/browser/notifications/win/win32_desktop_notifications/desktop_notification_controller.cc b/atom/browser/notifications/win/win32_desktop_notifications/desktop_notification_controller.cc
index 6810d0fb5c6d..bb6254934637 100644
--- a/atom/browser/notifications/win/win32_desktop_notifications/desktop_notification_controller.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/notifications/win/win32_desktop_notifications/desktop_notification_controller.cc
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ void DesktopNotificationController::Notification::Set(std::wstring caption,
 
 DesktopNotificationController::NotificationLink::NotificationLink(
     DesktopNotificationController* controller)
-    : shared_ptr(make_shared<NotificationData>()) {
+    : shared_ptr(make_shared<NotificationData>(NotificationData())) {
   get()->controller = controller;
 }