diff --git a/src/backend/commands/statscmds.c b/src/backend/commands/statscmds.c
index 5f49479832..1db3ef69d2 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/statscmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/statscmds.c
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ AlterStatistics(AlterStatsStmt *stmt)
 	bool		repl_null[Natts_pg_statistic_ext];
 	bool		repl_repl[Natts_pg_statistic_ext];
 	ObjectAddress address;
-	int			newtarget;
+	int			newtarget = 0;
 	bool		newtarget_default;
 
 	/* -1 was used in previous versions for the default setting */
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
index ae6719329e..3ed0618b4e 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
@@ -8711,7 +8711,7 @@ ATExecDropExpression(Relation rel, const char *colName, bool missing_ok, LOCKMOD
 static ObjectAddress
 ATExecSetStatistics(Relation rel, const char *colName, int16 colNum, Node *newValue, LOCKMODE lockmode)
 {
-	int			newtarget;
+	int			newtarget = 0;
 	bool		newtarget_default;
 	Relation	attrelation;
 	HeapTuple	tuple,