diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/htmlinput.c b/dlls/mshtml/htmlinput.c
index 4473f386c8b..03e8529118a 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/htmlinput.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/htmlinput.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI HTMLInputElement_get_value(IHTMLInputElement *iface, BSTR
{
HTMLInputElement *This = HTMLINPUT_THIS(iface);
nsAString value_str;
- const PRUnichar *value;
+ const PRUnichar *value = NULL;
nsresult nsres;
TRACE("(%p)->(%p)\n", This, p);
diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/htmlselect.c b/dlls/mshtml/htmlselect.c
index 088af5d81dc..817802f2f7f 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/htmlselect.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/htmlselect.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI HTMLSelectElement_get_name(IHTMLSelectElement *iface, BSTR
{
HTMLSelectElement *This = HTMLSELECT_THIS(iface);
nsAString name_str;
- const PRUnichar *name;
+ const PRUnichar *name = NULL;
nsresult nsres;
TRACE("(%p)->(%p)\n", This, p);
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI HTMLSelectElement_get_value(IHTMLSelectElement *iface, BST
{
HTMLSelectElement *This = HTMLSELECT_THIS(iface);
nsAString value_str;
- const PRUnichar *value;
+ const PRUnichar *value = NULL;
nsresult nsres;
TRACE("(%p)->(%p)\n", This, p);