diff --git a/src/nm-session-monitor.c b/src/nm-session-monitor.c
index a70067a982..4877b77032 100644
--- a/src/nm-session-monitor.c
+++ b/src/nm-session-monitor.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static gboolean
 reload_database (NMSessionMonitor *self, GError **error)
 {
 	struct stat statbuf;
-	char **groups;
+	char **groups = NULL;
 	gsize len = 0, i;
 	Session *s;
 
diff --git a/test/nm-tool.c b/test/nm-tool.c
index 65546e48e5..ea3ef13b6c 100644
--- a/test/nm-tool.c
+++ b/test/nm-tool.c
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ get_all_connections (void)
 {
 	GError *error = NULL;
 	DBusGConnection *bus;
-	DBusGProxy *proxy;
+	DBusGProxy *proxy = NULL;
 	GPtrArray *paths = NULL;
 	int i;
 	gboolean sucess = FALSE;