diff --git a/ripd/rip_main.c b/ripd/rip_main.c
index 95b1f6d..4ead9b0 100644
--- a/ripd/rip_main.c
+++ b/ripd/rip_main.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
   /* RIP related initialization. */
   rip_init ();
   rip_if_init ();
-  rip_zclient_init ();
+  rip_zclient_init (master);
   rip_peer_init ();
 
   /* Get configuration file. */
diff --git a/ripd/rip_zebra.c b/ripd/rip_zebra.c
index de98162..0b6c22a 100644
--- a/ripd/rip_zebra.c
+++ b/ripd/rip_zebra.c
@@ -710,10 +710,10 @@
 }
 
 void
-rip_zclient_init ()
+rip_zclient_init (struct thread_master *master)
 {
   /* Set default value to the zebra client structure. */
-  zclient = zclient_new ();
+  zclient = zclient_new (master);
   zclient_init (zclient, ZEBRA_ROUTE_RIP);
   zclient->zebra_connected = rip_zebra_connected;
   zclient->interface_add = rip_interface_add;
diff --git a/ripd/ripd.h b/ripd/ripd.h
index 4f40e79..a768ccc 100644
--- a/ripd/ripd.h
+++ b/ripd/ripd.h
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@
 extern void rip_route_map_init (void);
 extern void rip_route_map_reset (void);
 extern void rip_snmp_init (void);
-extern void rip_zclient_init (void);
+extern void rip_zclient_init (struct thread_master *);
 extern void rip_zclient_start (void);
 extern void rip_zclient_reset (void);
 extern void rip_offset_init (void);