diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot.c b/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot.c
index 56811b88..fcbd3dc4 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot.c
@@ -680,8 +680,8 @@ ostree_sysroot_load (OstreeSysroot  *self,
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
   guint i;
-  int bootversion;
-  int subbootversion;
+  int bootversion = 0;
+  int subbootversion = 0;
   gs_unref_ptrarray GPtrArray *boot_loader_configs = NULL;
   gs_unref_ptrarray GPtrArray *deployments = NULL;
 
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-remote.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-remote.c
index 7db9edc5..de6dcba8 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-remote.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-remote.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ ostree_builtin_remote (int argc, char **argv, OstreeRepo *repo, GCancellable *ca
     }
   else if (!strcmp (op, "show-url"))
     {
-      gs_free char *url;
+      gs_free char *url = NULL;
 
       url = g_key_file_get_string (config, key, "url", error);
       if (url == NULL)
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-dump.c b/src/ostree/ot-dump.c
index efa7f968..bb1f9824 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-dump.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-dump.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ dump_commit (GVariant            *variant,
   const gchar *subject;
   const gchar *body;
   guint64 timestamp;
-  gs_free gchar *str;
+  gs_free gchar *str = NULL;
 
   /* See OSTREE_COMMIT_GVARIANT_FORMAT */
   g_variant_get (variant, "(a{sv}aya(say)&s&stayay)", NULL, NULL, NULL,