diff --git a/src/runparts.c b/src/runparts.c
index 51984b94..84c52c98 100644
--- a/src/runparts.c
+++ b/src/runparts.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static void run_env(const char *env[])
 int run_parts(char *dir, char *cmd, const char *env[], int progress, int sysv)
 {
 	size_t cmdlen = cmd ? strlen(cmd) : strlen("start");
-	struct dirent **d;
+	struct dirent **d = NULL;
 	int i, num;
 	int rc = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/tmpfiles.c b/src/tmpfiles.c
index ceaa42da..621311b0 100644
--- a/src/tmpfiles.c
+++ b/src/tmpfiles.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ int r_flag = 0;
 
 static int is_dir_empty(const char *path)
 {
-	struct dirent **namelist;
+	struct dirent **namelist = NULL;
 	int num;
 
 	num = scandir(path, &namelist, NULL, NULL);