diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
index 5b9c6089082a47dbba4ff86b9b7e99c9f3d1e448..d836b98dd99a42614ab0e1afbb4c5f459ef708ae 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ static int dlm_try_to_join_domain(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm)
 {
 	int status = 0, tmpstat, node;
 	struct domain_join_ctxt *ctxt;
-	enum dlm_query_join_response response;
+	enum dlm_query_join_response response = JOIN_DISALLOW;
 
 	mlog_entry("%p", dlm);
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/vote.c b/fs/ocfs2/vote.c
index f30e63b9910c4610fce6bf8161ff6ce31b3d7f5b..1552d64494785ef3c39750fd7bb3bf4d07142f1b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/vote.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/vote.c
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ static int ocfs2_do_request_vote(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				 struct ocfs2_vote_msg *request,
 				 struct ocfs2_net_response_cb *callback)
 {
-	int status, response;
+	int status, response = -EBUSY;
 	unsigned int response_id;
 	struct ocfs2_msg_hdr *hdr;