diff --git a/src/nm-core-utils.c b/src/nm-core-utils.c
index 6c72b8daf1..a8ff351333 100644
--- a/src/nm-core-utils.c
+++ b/src/nm-core-utils.c
@@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ nm_utils_resolve_conf_parse (int addr_family,
 
 	for (l = 0; lines[l]; l++) {
 		const char *const line = lines[l];
-		const char *s;
+		const char *s = NULL;
 
 		if (RC_MATCH (line, "nameserver", s)) {
 			gs_free char *s_cpy = NULL;
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-reader.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-reader.c
index 826449dfae..f4fbad014e 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-reader.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-reader.c
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ read_route_file (int addr_family,
                  GError **error)
 {
 	gs_free char *contents = NULL;
-	char *contents_rest;
+	char *contents_rest = NULL;
 	const char *line;
 	gsize len = 0;
 	gsize line_num;