diff --git a/drivers/media/video/dabusb.c b/drivers/media/video/dabusb.c
index f40c676489a4..a525a924edfa 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/dabusb.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/dabusb.c
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ static int dabusb_loadmem (pdabusb_t s, const char *fname)
 {
 	int ret;
 	const struct ihex_binrec *rec;
-	const struct firmware *fw;
+	const struct firmware *uninitialized_var(fw);
 
 	dbg("Enter dabusb_loadmem (internal)");
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c b/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c
index 2f1106338c08..8d73979596f9 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ initialize_camera(struct vicam_camera *cam)
 {
 	int err;
 	const struct ihex_binrec *rec;
-	const struct firmware *fw;
+	const struct firmware *uninitialized_var(fw);
 
 	err = request_ihex_firmware(&fw, "vicam/firmware.fw", &cam->udev->dev);
 	if (err) {