1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libc/src/__support/FPUtil/bfloat16.h b/libc/src/__support/FPUtil/bfloat16.h
index ba97b42e2321..13e151208567 100644
--- a/libc/src/__support/FPUtil/bfloat16.h
+++ b/libc/src/__support/FPUtil/bfloat16.h
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ struct BFloat16 {
 
   LIBC_INLINE BFloat16() = default;
 
-  template <typename T> LIBC_INLINE constexpr explicit BFloat16(T value) {
+  template <typename T>
+  LIBC_INLINE constexpr explicit BFloat16(T value)
+      : bits(static_cast<uint16_t>(0U)) {
     if constexpr (cpp::is_floating_point_v<T>) {
       bits = fputil::cast<bfloat16>(value).bits;
     } else if constexpr (cpp::is_integral_v<T>) {
@@ -46,6 +48,8 @@ struct BFloat16 {
           xd(sign, 0, value);
       bits = xd.template as<bfloat16, /*ShouldSignalExceptions=*/true>().bits;
 
+    } else if constexpr (cpp::is_convertible_v<T, BFloat16>) {
+      bits = value.operator BFloat16().bits;
     } else {
       bits = fputil::cast<bfloat16>(static_cast<float>(value)).bits;
     }