diff --git a/lib/search/regex.c b/lib/search/regex.c
index 140ca83f1..2a58b2523 100644
--- a/lib/search/regex.c
+++ b/lib/search/regex.c
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ mc_search__cond_struct_new_init_regex (const char *charset, mc_search_t *lc_mc_s
 
 #ifdef HAVE_PCRE2
         int errcode;
-        char error[BUF_SMALL];
+        char error[BUF_SMALL] = "";
         size_t erroffset;
         int pcre_options = PCRE2_MULTILINE;
 #else
diff --git a/src/vfs/sftpfs/dir.c b/src/vfs/sftpfs/dir.c
index 34461e28d..a019e8be6 100644
--- a/src/vfs/sftpfs/dir.c
+++ b/src/vfs/sftpfs/dir.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ sftpfs_opendir (const vfs_path_t *vpath, GError **mcerror)
     sftpfs_dir_data_t *sftpfs_dir;
     sftpfs_super_t *sftpfs_super;
     const vfs_path_element_t *path_element;
-    LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE *handle;
+    LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE *handle = NULL;
     const GString *fixfname;
 
     if (!sftpfs_op_init (&sftpfs_super, &path_element, vpath, mcerror))