diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_memcached_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_memcached_module.c
index aaa047e..bda038d 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_memcached_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_memcached_module.c
@@ -380,11 +380,8 @@
             }
 
             h->hash = 1;
-            h->key.len = sizeof("Content-Encoding") - 1;
-            h->key.data = (u_char *) "Content-Encoding";
-            h->value.len = sizeof("gzip") - 1;
-            h->value.data = (u_char *) "gzip";
-
+            ngx_str_set(&h->key, "Content-Encoding");
+            ngx_str_set(&h->value, "gzip");
             r->headers_out.content_encoding = h;
         }