diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
index 3956c701c689..e92ba59382ef 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
@@ -2778,7 +2778,7 @@ late_initcall(init_wilc_driver);
 static void __exit exit_wilc_driver(void)
 {
 	int i = 0;
-	perInterface_wlan_t *nic[NUM_CONCURRENT_IFC];
+	perInterface_wlan_t *nic[NUM_CONCURRENT_IFC] = {NULL,};
 	#define CLOSE_TIMEOUT (12 * 1000)
 
 	if ((g_linux_wlan != NULL) && (((g_linux_wlan->strInterfaceInfo[0].wilc_netdev) != NULL)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
index 61f1f2010645..5844eba90b91 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
@@ -829,9 +829,9 @@ static int WILC_WFI_CfgConnect(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 	WILC_Uint32 i;
 	u8 u8security = NO_ENCRYPT;
 	AUTHTYPE_T tenuAuth_type = ANY;
-	WILC_Char *pcgroup_encrypt_val;
-	WILC_Char *pccipher_group;
-	WILC_Char *pcwpa_version;
+	WILC_Char *pcgroup_encrypt_val = NULL;
+	WILC_Char *pccipher_group = NULL;
+	WILC_Char *pcwpa_version = NULL;
 
 	struct WILC_WFI_priv *priv;
 	tstrWILC_WFIDrv *pstrWFIDrv;