diff --git a/driver/vidc/src/msm_vidc_driver.c b/driver/vidc/src/msm_vidc_driver.c
index a232e9240d..2c8e1708dc 100644
--- a/driver/vidc/src/msm_vidc_driver.c
+++ b/driver/vidc/src/msm_vidc_driver.c
@@ -2568,7 +2568,7 @@ int msm_vidc_flush_ts(struct msm_vidc_inst *inst)
 
 int msm_vidc_update_timestamp_rate(struct msm_vidc_inst *inst, u64 timestamp)
 {
-	struct msm_vidc_timestamp *ts, *prev;
+	struct msm_vidc_timestamp *ts, *prev = NULL;
 	int rc = 0;
 	u32 window_size = 0;
 	u32 timestamp_rate = 0;
diff --git a/driver/vidc/src/msm_vidc_power.c b/driver/vidc/src/msm_vidc_power.c
index 27596ac916..ace0f0cb29 100644
--- a/driver/vidc/src/msm_vidc_power.c
+++ b/driver/vidc/src/msm_vidc_power.c
@@ -484,7 +484,8 @@ int msm_vidc_scale_power(struct msm_vidc_inst *inst, bool scale_buses)
 	struct msm_vidc_buffer *vbuf;
 	u32 data_size = 0;
 	u32 fps;
-	u32 frame_rate, operating_rate, timestamp_rate, input_rate;
+	u32 frame_rate, operating_rate;
+	u32 timestamp_rate = 0, input_rate = 0;
 
 	if (!inst || !inst->core) {
 		d_vpr_e("%s: invalid params %pK\n", __func__, inst);