diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-objects.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-objects.c
index 51d4a62ce..dbb04e5ec 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-objects.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-objects.c
@@ -1602,7 +1602,7 @@ static int add_object_vtable_internal(
                 sd_bus_object_find_t find,
                 void *userdata) {
 
-        sd_bus_slot *s;
+        sd_bus_slot *s = NULL;
         struct node_vtable *i, *existing = NULL;
         const sd_bus_vtable *v;
         struct node *n;
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/sd-bus.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/sd-bus.c
index ec2843ff7..1f1a4d3a1 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/sd-bus.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/sd-bus.c
@@ -2821,7 +2821,7 @@ _public_ int sd_bus_add_match(
 
         struct bus_match_component *components = NULL;
         unsigned n_components = 0;
-        sd_bus_slot *s;
+        sd_bus_slot *s = NULL;
         int r = 0;
 
         assert_return(bus, -EINVAL);