diff --git a/lib/ftp.c b/lib/ftp.c
index 0d7d5a927b926b3558f477a5e508f2d440f68934..98b197a8b354f736b913605fc51a69a300ca69fc 100644
--- a/lib/ftp.c
+++ b/lib/ftp.c
@@ -2277,7 +2277,7 @@ static CURLcode ftp_statemach_act(struct connectdata *conn)
   static const char * const ftpauth[]  = {
     "SSL", "TLS"
   };
-  size_t nread;
+  size_t nread = 0;
 
   if(ftp->sendleft) {
     /* we have a piece of a command still left to send */
diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 8adcbda8dd05d42c21a4e38976f048754cd4d0bf..24c0a7407080206ce06568f41d4dd750631c3527 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -2217,7 +2217,7 @@ static CURLcode CreateConnection(struct SessionHandle *data,
   char *at;
   CURLcode result=CURLE_OK;
   struct connectdata *conn;
-  struct connectdata *conn_temp;
+  struct connectdata *conn_temp = NULL;
   size_t urllen;
   struct Curl_dns_entry *hostaddr;
 #if defined(HAVE_ALARM) && !defined(USE_ARES)