diff --git a/terminal.c b/terminal.c
index 5c9c7b37..9aadd549 100644
--- a/terminal.c
+++ b/terminal.c
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ term_init(const struct config *conf, struct fdm *fdm, struct wayland *wayl,
     int delay_upper_fd = -1;
 
     struct terminal *term = NULL;
-    struct render_worker_context *worker_context[conf->render_worker_count];
 
     if ((ptmx = posix_openpt(O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY)) == -1) {
         LOG_ERRNO("failed to open PTY");
@@ -341,12 +340,16 @@ term_init(const struct config *conf, struct fdm *fdm, struct wayland *wayl,
     mtx_init(&term->render.workers.lock, mtx_plain);
     cnd_init(&term->render.workers.cond);
 
-    term->render.workers.threads = calloc(term->render.workers.count, sizeof(term->render.workers.threads[0]));
+    term->render.workers.threads = calloc(
+        term->render.workers.count, sizeof(term->render.workers.threads[0]));
+
     for (size_t i = 0; i < term->render.workers.count; i++) {
-        worker_context[i] = malloc(sizeof(*worker_context[i]));
-        worker_context[i]->term = term;
-        worker_context[i]->my_id = 1 + i;
-        thrd_create(&term->render.workers.threads[i], &render_worker_thread, worker_context[i]);
+        struct render_worker_context *ctx = malloc(sizeof(*ctx));
+        *ctx = (struct render_worker_context) {
+            .term = term,
+            .my_id = 1 + i,
+        };
+        thrd_create(&term->render.workers.threads[i], &render_worker_thread, ctx);
     }
 
     font_list_t font_names = tll_init();