diff --git a/include/engine/routing_algorithms/routing_base.hpp b/include/engine/routing_algorithms/routing_base.hpp
index 5dad4b458..e6891e99e 100644
--- a/include/engine/routing_algorithms/routing_base.hpp
+++ b/include/engine/routing_algorithms/routing_base.hpp
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ void annotatePath(const FacadeT &facade,
                                              extractor::guidance::TurnInstruction::NO_TURN(),
                                              {{0, INVALID_LANEID}, INVALID_LANE_DESCRIPTIONID},
                                              travel_mode,
-                                             {},
+                                             EMPTY_ENTRY_CLASS,
                                              datasource_vector[segment_idx],
                                              util::guidance::TurnBearing(0),
                                              util::guidance::TurnBearing(0)});
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ void annotatePath(const FacadeT &facade,
                      extractor::guidance::TurnInstruction::NO_TURN(),
                      {{0, INVALID_LANEID}, INVALID_LANE_DESCRIPTIONID},
                      facade.GetTravelMode(target_node_id),
-                     {},
+                     EMPTY_ENTRY_CLASS,
                      datasource_vector[segment_idx],
                      util::guidance::TurnBearing(0),
                      util::guidance::TurnBearing(0)});
diff --git a/include/util/guidance/entry_class.hpp b/include/util/guidance/entry_class.hpp
index 931de35dc..f2be2d0fc 100644
--- a/include/util/guidance/entry_class.hpp
+++ b/include/util/guidance/entry_class.hpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class EntryClass
     using FlagBaseType = std::uint32_t;
 
   public:
-    EntryClass();
+    constexpr EntryClass() : enabled_entries_flags(0) {}
 
     // we are hiding the access to the flags behind a protection wall, to make sure the bit logic
     // isn't tempered with. zero based indexing
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ static_assert(std::is_trivially_copyable<EntryClass>::value,
 
 } // namespace guidance
 } // namespace utilr
+
+constexpr const util::guidance::EntryClass EMPTY_ENTRY_CLASS{};
 } // namespace osrm
 
 // make Entry Class hasbable
diff --git a/src/util/guidance/entry_class.cpp b/src/util/guidance/entry_class.cpp
index 9140eb020..298b2867c 100644
--- a/src/util/guidance/entry_class.cpp
+++ b/src/util/guidance/entry_class.cpp
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ namespace util
 namespace guidance
 {
 
-EntryClass::EntryClass() : enabled_entries_flags(0) {}
-
 void EntryClass::activate(std::uint32_t index)
 {
     BOOST_ASSERT(index < 8 * sizeof(FlagBaseType));