diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/qbt1000.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/qbt1000.c
index 86f314a93555..b7472a4f6cba 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/qbt1000.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/qbt1000.c
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ static long qbt1000_ioctl(
 	case QBT1000_SEND_TZCMD:
 	{
 		struct qbt1000_send_tz_cmd tzcmd;
-		void *rsp_buf;
+		void *rsp_buf = NULL;
 
 		if (copy_from_user(&tzcmd, priv_arg,
 			sizeof(tzcmd))
@@ -861,8 +861,8 @@ static irqreturn_t qbt1000_gpio_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
 static irqreturn_t qbt1000_ipc_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
 	uint8_t *msg_buffer;
-	struct fw_ipc_cmd *rx_cmd;
-	struct fw_ipc_header *header;
+	struct fw_ipc_cmd *rx_cmd = NULL;
+	struct fw_ipc_header *header = NULL;
 	int i, j;
 	uint32_t rxipc = FP_APP_CMD_RX_IPC;
 	struct qbt1000_drvdata *drvdata = (struct qbt1000_drvdata *)dev_id;
diff --git a/kernel/compat.c b/kernel/compat.c
index 333d364be29d..1cd7051d88a9 100644
--- a/kernel/compat.c
+++ b/kernel/compat.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE2(settimeofday, struct compat_timeval __user *, tv,
 		       struct timezone __user *, tz)
 {
 	struct timeval user_tv;
-	struct timespec	new_ts;
+	struct timespec	new_ts = {0};
 	struct timezone new_tz;
 
 	if (tv) {
diff --git a/kernel/time/time.c b/kernel/time/time.c
index bd62fb8e8e77..1b2d2095f648 100644
--- a/kernel/time/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time/time.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(settimeofday, struct timeval __user *, tv,
 		struct timezone __user *, tz)
 {
 	struct timeval user_tv;
-	struct timespec	new_ts;
+	struct timespec	new_ts = {0};
 	struct timezone new_tz;
 
 	if (tv) {