diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index ff134700bf30dfa1f3bf772220ebb681daf077b2..6ac6b7a33f4238c27b3b5457729644d339543fa6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static PyObject *get_field_numeric_entry(struct event_format *event,
 		struct format_field *field, void *data)
 {
 	bool is_array = field->flags & FIELD_IS_ARRAY;
-	PyObject *obj, *list = NULL;
+	PyObject *obj = NULL, *list = NULL;
 	unsigned long long val;
 	unsigned int item_size, n_items, i;
 
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ static void python_process_tracepoint(struct perf_sample *sample,
 				      struct addr_location *al)
 {
 	struct event_format *event = evsel->tp_format;
-	PyObject *handler, *context, *t, *obj, *callchain;
+	PyObject *handler, *context, *t, *obj = NULL, *callchain;
 	PyObject *dict = NULL;
 	static char handler_name[256];
 	struct format_field *field;