diff --git a/sbin/camcontrol/modeedit.c b/sbin/camcontrol/modeedit.c
index 3fb9587e206..eaf87d63295 100644
--- a/sbin/camcontrol/modeedit.c
+++ b/sbin/camcontrol/modeedit.c
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ load_format(const char *pagedb_path, int page)
 
 	SLIST_INIT(&namelist);
 
+	c = '\0';
 	depth = 0;
 	lineno = 0;
 	found = 0;
diff --git a/sbin/gvinum/gvinum.c b/sbin/gvinum/gvinum.c
index 041f1409ccd..3b350f8151a 100644
--- a/sbin/gvinum/gvinum.c
+++ b/sbin/gvinum/gvinum.c
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ gvinum_detach(int argc, char **argv)
 	struct gctl_req *req;
 	int flags, i;
 
+	flags = 0;
 	optreset = 1;
 	optind = 1;
 	while ((i = getopt(argc, argv, "f")) != -1) {