diff --git a/kernel/generic/ztrsm_utcopy_1.c b/kernel/generic/ztrsm_utcopy_1.c
index 08f85e891..5833a64ef 100644
--- a/kernel/generic/ztrsm_utcopy_1.c
+++ b/kernel/generic/ztrsm_utcopy_1.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ int CNAME(BLASLONG m, BLASLONG n, FLOAT *a, BLASLONG lda, BLASLONG offset, FLOAT
 
   BLASLONG i, ii, j, jj;
 
-  FLOAT data01, data02;
+  FLOAT data01=0.0, data02=0.0;
   FLOAT *a1;
 
   lda *= 2;
diff --git a/kernel/generic/ztrsm_utcopy_2.c b/kernel/generic/ztrsm_utcopy_2.c
index 387bb2532..bc495f7c6 100644
--- a/kernel/generic/ztrsm_utcopy_2.c
+++ b/kernel/generic/ztrsm_utcopy_2.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ int CNAME(BLASLONG m, BLASLONG n, FLOAT *a, BLASLONG lda, BLASLONG offset, FLOAT
   FLOAT data05, data06, data07, data08;
   FLOAT *a1, *a2;
 
+  data01=data02=data07=data08=0.0;
   lda *= 2;
 
   jj = offset;