diff --git a/src/scoreboard.sv b/src/scoreboard.sv
index 7058cbbb3..6a904dfd7 100644
--- a/src/scoreboard.sv
+++ b/src/scoreboard.sv
@@ -210,8 +210,11 @@ always_comb begin : push_instruction_and_wb
         top_pointer_n = issue_pointer_q;
     end
     // flush signal, e.g.: flush everything we need to backtrack after an exception
-    if (flush_i)
-        mem_n = '{default: 0};
+    if (flush_i) begin
+        for (int i = 0; i < NR_ENTRIES; i++) begin
+            mem_n[i] = {$bits(scoreboard_entry){1'b0}};
+        end
+    end
 
 end