diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/amd64/reloc.c b/libexec/rtld-elf/amd64/reloc.c
index 96c422e26f4..49a714e191e 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/amd64/reloc.c
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/amd64/reloc.c
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ reloc_non_plt(Obj_Entry *obj, Obj_Entry *obj_rtld, int flags,
 	int r;
 
 	r = -1;
+	symval = 0;
+	def = NULL;
+
 	/*
 	 * The dynamic loader may be called from a thread, we have
 	 * limited amounts of stack available so we cannot use alloca().