diff --git a/src/hotspot/os/aix/decoder_aix.hpp b/src/hotspot/os/aix/decoder_aix.hpp
index 0389852e4cb..0d87ba87b94 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os/aix/decoder_aix.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/aix/decoder_aix.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2013 SAP SE. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@
 // Provide simple AIXDecoder which enables decoding of C frames in VM.
 class AIXDecoder: public AbstractDecoder {
  public:
-  AIXDecoder() {
-    _decoder_status = no_error;
-  }
+  AIXDecoder() : AbstractDecoder(no_error) {}
   virtual ~AIXDecoder() {}
 
   virtual bool demangle(const char* symbol, char* buf, int buflen) { return false; } // use AixSymbols::get_function_name to demangle
diff --git a/src/hotspot/os/bsd/decoder_machO.hpp b/src/hotspot/os/bsd/decoder_machO.hpp
index 5ceda782c6e..b5bb3d2d5ea 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os/bsd/decoder_machO.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/bsd/decoder_machO.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -29,11 +29,9 @@
 
 #include "utilities/decoder.hpp"
 
-// Just a placehold for now, a real implementation should derive
-// from AbstractDecoder
 class MachODecoder : public AbstractDecoder {
  public:
-  MachODecoder() { }
+  MachODecoder() : AbstractDecoder(no_error) { }
   virtual ~MachODecoder() { }
   virtual bool demangle(const char* symbol, char* buf, int buflen);
   virtual bool decode(address pc, char* buf, int buflen, int* offset,
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/utilities/decoder.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/utilities/decoder.hpp
index cd40408dd3f..fb1d76abc20 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/utilities/decoder.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/utilities/decoder.hpp
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ protected:
   decoder_status  _decoder_status;
 
 public:
+  AbstractDecoder(decoder_status status) : _decoder_status(status) {}
+
   virtual ~AbstractDecoder() {}
 
   // decode an pc address to corresponding function name and an offset from the beginning of
@@ -84,9 +86,7 @@ public:
 // Do nothing decoder
 class NullDecoder : public AbstractDecoder {
 public:
-  NullDecoder() {
-    _decoder_status = not_available;
-  }
+  NullDecoder() : AbstractDecoder(not_available) {}
 
   virtual ~NullDecoder() {};
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/utilities/decoder_elf.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/utilities/decoder_elf.hpp
index 2f38f3d3c39..0f8342db819 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/utilities/decoder_elf.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/utilities/decoder_elf.hpp
@@ -33,10 +33,8 @@
 class ElfDecoder : public AbstractDecoder {
 
 public:
-  ElfDecoder() {
-    _opened_elf_files = nullptr;
-    _decoder_status = no_error;
-  }
+  ElfDecoder() : AbstractDecoder(no_error), _opened_elf_files(nullptr) {}
+
   virtual ~ElfDecoder();
 
   bool demangle(const char* symbol, char *buf, int buflen);