diff --git a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_title.c b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_title.c
index 81d712b979..35c26002f4 100644
--- a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_title.c
+++ b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_title.c
@@ -945,8 +945,8 @@ static int action_get_title_group_settings(const char *path, const char *label,
    }
 
    {
-      char *tok, *save;
-      char *label_cpy = strdup(label);
+      char *tok, *save = NULL;
+      char *label_cpy  = strdup(label);
 
       if ((tok = strtok_r(label_cpy, "|", &save)))
       {
diff --git a/retroarch.c b/retroarch.c
index 20b0a715c4..7594ad22b8 100644
--- a/retroarch.c
+++ b/retroarch.c
@@ -6964,7 +6964,7 @@ static bool retroarch_parse_input_and_config(
             case 'd':
                {
                   unsigned new_port;
-                  char *save;
+                  char *save               = NULL;
                   char *tok                = NULL;
                   int    port              = 0;
                   unsigned id              = 0;