diff --git a/src/core/include/mp-units/format.h b/src/core/include/mp-units/format.h
index fb98a83c7..586550213 100644
--- a/src/core/include/mp-units/format.h
+++ b/src/core/include/mp-units/format.h
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ class MP_UNITS_STD_FMT::formatter<mp_units::quantity<Reference, Rep>, Char> {
     auto it = parse_fill_align_width(ctx, begin, end, specs_, mp_units::detail::fmt_align::right);
     if (it == end) return it;
 
-    format_checker checker(ctx, format_str_lengths_);
+    format_checker checker{ctx, format_str_lengths_};
     end = parse_quantity_specs(it, end, checker);
     modifiers_format_str_ = {it, end};
     return end;