diff --git a/cmds-send.c b/cmds-send.c
index 7141c073..b17b5e2c 100644
--- a/cmds-send.c
+++ b/cmds-send.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ int cmd_send(int argc, char **argv)
 	u32 i;
 	char *mount_root = NULL;
 	char *snapshot_parent = NULL;
-	u64 root_id;
+	u64 root_id = 0;
 	u64 parent_root_id = 0;
 	int full_send = 1;
 	int new_end_cmd_semantic = 0;
diff --git a/send-stream.c b/send-stream.c
index 10b36b6a..66c04884 100644
--- a/send-stream.c
+++ b/send-stream.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static int tlv_get_string(struct btrfs_send_stream *s, int attr, char **str)
 {
 	int ret;
 	void *data;
-	int len;
+	int len = 0;
 
 	TLV_GET(s, attr, &data, &len);