diff --git a/src/edns0.c b/src/edns0.c
index b4ef82c..5a5f598 100644
--- a/src/edns0.c
+++ b/src/edns0.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ unsigned char *find_pseudoheader(struct dns_header *header, size_t plen, size_t
 size_t add_pseudoheader(struct dns_header *header, size_t plen, unsigned char *limit, 
 			int optno, unsigned char *opt, size_t optlen, int set_do, int replace)
 { 
-  unsigned char *lenp, *datap, *p, *udp_len, *buff = NULL;
+  unsigned char *lenp = NULL, *datap = NULL, *p, *udp_len, *buff = NULL;
   int rdlen = 0, is_sign, is_last;
   unsigned short flags = set_do ? 0x8000 : 0, rcode = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/option.c b/src/option.c
index 550a50f..a53a72d 100644
--- a/src/option.c
+++ b/src/option.c
@@ -5734,7 +5734,7 @@ struct hostsfile *expand_filelist(struct hostsfile *list)
   struct dirent **namelist;
 
   /* find largest used index */
-  for (i = SRC_AH, ah = list; ah; ah = ah->next)
+  for (last = NULL, i = SRC_AH, ah = list; ah; ah = ah->next)
     {
       last = ah;