diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/DiskFileItemSerializeTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/DiskFileItemSerializeTest.java
index 33cffc9a1..49ac9e73e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/DiskFileItemSerializeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/DiskFileItemSerializeTest.java
@@ -244,11 +244,10 @@ private ByteArrayOutputStream serialize(Object target) throws Exception {
      * Do deserialization
      */
     private Object deserialize(ByteArrayOutputStream baos) throws Exception {
-        Object result = null;
         ByteArrayInputStream bais =
                 new ByteArrayInputStream(baos.toByteArray());
         ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(bais);
-        result = ois.readObject();
+        Object result = ois.readObject();
         bais.close();
 
         return result;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/HttpServletRequestFactory.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/HttpServletRequestFactory.java
index 181ab3fb3..44dcc1377 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/HttpServletRequestFactory.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/HttpServletRequestFactory.java
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ static public HttpServletRequest createValidHttpServletRequest(
             sbRequestData.append(strFileName);
         }
 
-        byte[] requestData = null;
-        requestData = sbRequestData.toString().getBytes();
+        final byte[] requestData = sbRequestData.toString().getBytes();
 
         return new MockHttpServletRequest(
                             requestData,