diff --git a/src/app/qgsmaptoolcapture.cpp b/src/app/qgsmaptoolcapture.cpp
index c4346cbcd4b7..6910dd159088 100644
--- a/src/app/qgsmaptoolcapture.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qgsmaptoolcapture.cpp
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ void QgsMapToolCapture::validateGeometry()
     delete mGeomErrorMarkers.takeFirst();
   }
 
-  QgsGeometry *g;
+  QgsGeometry *g = 0;
 
   switch ( mCaptureMode )
   {
diff --git a/src/providers/grass/qgsgrassprovider.cpp b/src/providers/grass/qgsgrassprovider.cpp
index 087db384e09b..32d9530bbd6d 100644
--- a/src/providers/grass/qgsgrassprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/grass/qgsgrassprovider.cpp
@@ -2481,7 +2481,7 @@ QVector<QgsDataItem*> QgsGrassMapsetItem::createChildren()
 
     QString path = mPath + QDir::separator() + "vector" + QDir::separator() + name;
 
-    QgsDataCollectionItem *map;
+    QgsDataCollectionItem *map = 0;
     if ( layerNames.size() != 1 )
       map = new QgsDataCollectionItem( this, name );
     foreach( QString layerName, layerNames )