diff --git a/guile/guix/records.scm b/guile/guix/records.scm
index 7de5fcce..a019373b 100644
--- a/guile/guix/records.scm
+++ b/guile/guix/records.scm
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ fields, and DELAYED is the list of identifiers of delayed fields."
                (record-error 'name s "extraneous field initializers ~a"
                              unexpected)))
 
-           #`(make-struct type 0
+           #`(make-struct/no-tail type
                           #,@(map (lambda (field index)
                                     (or (field-inherited-value field)
                                         (if (innate-field? field)