diff --git a/cmds-check.c b/cmds-check.c
index 64fdc0dd..34209b0a 100644
--- a/cmds-check.c
+++ b/cmds-check.c
@@ -8041,7 +8041,7 @@ static int record_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			 struct extent_backref *back,
 			 int allocated, u64 flags)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 	struct btrfs_root *extent_root = info->extent_root;
 	struct extent_buffer *leaf;
 	struct btrfs_key ins_key;
diff --git a/qgroup-verify.c b/qgroup-verify.c
index 39762bfc..ff46bc4c 100644
--- a/qgroup-verify.c
+++ b/qgroup-verify.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ out:
 
 int repair_qgroups(struct btrfs_fs_info *info, int *repaired)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 	struct qgroup_count *count, *tmpcount;
 
 	*repaired = 0;