1 files changed, 4 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/odb.c b/src/odb.c
index 00740d2e2..20a3f6c6e 100644
--- a/src/odb.c
+++ b/src/odb.c
@@ -1123,14 +1123,9 @@ int git_odb__error_ambiguous(const char *message)
 	return GIT_EAMBIGUOUS;
 }
 
-int git_odb_init_backend(git_odb_backend* backend, int version)
+int git_odb_init_backend(git_odb_backend *backend, unsigned int version)
 {
-	if (version != GIT_ODB_BACKEND_VERSION) {
-		giterr_set(GITERR_INVALID, "Invalid version %d for git_odb_backend", version);
-		return -1;
-	} else {
-		git_odb_backend b = GIT_ODB_BACKEND_INIT;
-		memcpy(backend, &b, sizeof(b));
-		return 0;
-	}
+	GIT_INIT_STRUCTURE_FROM_TEMPLATE(
+		backend, version, git_odb_backend, GIT_ODB_BACKEND_INIT);
+	return 0;
 }