diff --git a/security/apparmor/lsm.c b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
index 98e1150bee9d..9a3dcaafb5b1 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/lsm.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ static int apparmor_getselfattr(unsigned int attr, struct lsm_ctx __user *lx,
 	int error = -ENOENT;
 	struct aa_task_ctx *ctx = task_ctx(current);
 	struct aa_label *label = NULL;
-	char *value;
+	char *value = NULL;
 
 	switch (attr) {
 	case LSM_ATTR_CURRENT:
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index a6bf90ace84c..338b023a8c3e 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -6559,7 +6559,7 @@ static int selinux_getselfattr(unsigned int attr, struct lsm_ctx __user *ctx,
 			       size_t *size, u32 flags)
 {
 	int rc;
-	char *val;
+	char *val = NULL;
 	int val_len;
 
 	val_len = selinux_lsm_getattr(attr, current, &val);