diff --git a/guestfs-inspectd.c b/guestfs-inspectd.c
index 3b6595a..5e65476 100644
--- a/guestfs-inspectd.c
+++ b/guestfs-inspectd.c
@@ -9,8 +9,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
 
+  const int worker_count = argc - 1;
+
   // One worker per disk image.
-  zactor_t *workers[argc-1];
+  zactor_t *workers[worker_count];
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < worker_count; i++) {
+    workers[i] = zactor_new(worker_task, NULL);
+  }
 
   return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }