diff --git a/src/ioc/rsrv/caservertask.c b/src/ioc/rsrv/caservertask.c
index 83a19f510..37c721f8a 100644
--- a/src/ioc/rsrv/caservertask.c
+++ b/src/ioc/rsrv/caservertask.c
@@ -489,7 +489,6 @@ int rsrv_init (void)
 
     clientQlock = epicsMutexMustCreate();
 
-    ellInit ( &clientQ );
     freeListInitPvt ( &rsrvClientFreeList, sizeof(struct client), 8 );
     freeListInitPvt ( &rsrvChanFreeList, sizeof(struct channel_in_use), 512 );
     freeListInitPvt ( &rsrvEventFreeList, sizeof(struct event_ext), 512 );
diff --git a/src/ioc/rsrv/server.h b/src/ioc/rsrv/server.h
index d2a1cf3f4..7ace5ad7c 100644
--- a/src/ioc/rsrv/server.h
+++ b/src/ioc/rsrv/server.h
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ enum ctl {ctlInit, ctlRun, ctlPause, ctlExit};
 /*  NOTE: external used so they remember the state across loads */
 #ifdef  GLBLSOURCE
 #   define GLBLTYPE
-#   define GLBLTYPE_INIT(A)
+#   define GLBLTYPE_INIT(A) = A
 #else
 #   define GLBLTYPE extern
 #   define GLBLTYPE_INIT(A)
@@ -185,8 +185,7 @@ enum ctl {ctlInit, ctlRun, ctlPause, ctlExit};
 
 GLBLTYPE int                CASDEBUG;
 GLBLTYPE unsigned short     ca_server_port, ca_udp_port, ca_beacon_port;
-GLBLTYPE ELLLIST            clientQ; /* (TCP clients) locked by clientQlock */
-GLBLTYPE ELLLIST            clientQudp; /* locked by clientQlock */
+GLBLTYPE ELLLIST            clientQ             GLBLTYPE_INIT(ELLLIST_INIT);
 GLBLTYPE ELLLIST            servers; /* rsrv_iface_config::node, read-only after rsrv_init() */
 GLBLTYPE ELLLIST            beaconAddrList;
 GLBLTYPE SOCKET             beaconSocket;