diff --git a/include/nctestserver.h b/include/nctestserver.h
index 033d24e65..6df692c9e 100644
--- a/include/nctestserver.h
+++ b/include/nctestserver.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static int timedping(const char* url, long timeout);
 static char**
 parseServers(const char* remotetestservers)
 {
-    char* rts;
+    char* rts = NULL;
     char** servers = NULL;
     char** list = NULL;
     char* p;
diff --git a/libdispatch/dcopy.c b/libdispatch/dcopy.c
index 111ce86a4..82acc353a 100644
--- a/libdispatch/dcopy.c
+++ b/libdispatch/dcopy.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ NC_copy_att(int ncid_in, int varid_in, const char *name,
    {
 	/* Copy arbitrary attributes. */
         int class;
-        size_t size;
+        size_t size = 0;
         nc_type xtype_out = NC_NAT;
 
         if(xtype <= NC_MAX_ATOMIC_TYPE) {