diff --git a/src/backend/xml/io-gncxml-v2.c b/src/backend/xml/io-gncxml-v2.c
index 9d98e8e979..db7273a69e 100644
--- a/src/backend/xml/io-gncxml-v2.c
+++ b/src/backend/xml/io-gncxml-v2.c
@@ -1628,7 +1628,7 @@ gnc_is_xml_data_file_v2(const gchar *name, gboolean *with_encoding)
 
     if (is_gzipped_file(name))
     {
-        gzFile *file;
+        gzFile *file = NULL;
         char first_chunk[256];
         int num_read;
 
diff --git a/src/engine/gncEntry.c b/src/engine/gncEntry.c
index 9e1901fc9b..983e8a3bc6 100644
--- a/src/engine/gncEntry.c
+++ b/src/engine/gncEntry.c
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ void qofEntrySetInvDiscType (GncEntry *entry, const char *type_string)
 
 void qofEntrySetInvDiscHow  (GncEntry *entry, const char *type)
 {
-    GncDiscountHow how;
+    GncDiscountHow how = GNC_DISC_PRETAX;
 
     if (!entry) return;
     gncEntryBeginEdit (entry);