diff --git a/shlibs/blkid/src/partitions/gpt.c b/shlibs/blkid/src/partitions/gpt.c
index 7df17bb1e..9281a8943 100644
--- a/shlibs/blkid/src/partitions/gpt.c
+++ b/shlibs/blkid/src/partitions/gpt.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static struct gpt_header *get_gpt_header(
 
 static int probe_gpt_pt(blkid_probe pr, const struct blkid_idmag *mag)
 {
-	uint64_t lastlba, lba;
+	uint64_t lastlba = 0, lba;
 	struct gpt_header hdr, *h;
 	struct gpt_entry *e;
 	blkid_parttable tab = NULL;
diff --git a/shlibs/blkid/src/read.c b/shlibs/blkid/src/read.c
index 3ff9ebe9f..c404bb010 100644
--- a/shlibs/blkid/src/read.c
+++ b/shlibs/blkid/src/read.c
@@ -305,8 +305,8 @@ static int parse_xml(char **name, char **value, char **cp)
  */
 static int parse_tag(blkid_cache cache, blkid_dev dev, char **cp)
 {
-	char *name;
-	char *value;
+	char *name = NULL;
+	char *value = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!cache || !dev)