diff --git a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_left.c b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_left.c
index 737b00b8dd..9d595d1ee0 100644
--- a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_left.c
+++ b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_left.c
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ static int playlist_association_left(unsigned type, const char *label,
 {
    unsigned i;
    int next, found, current = 0;
+   core_info_t *info                = NULL;
    struct string_list *stnames      = NULL;
    struct string_list *stcores      = NULL;
    char core_path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH]  = {0};
@@ -323,8 +324,7 @@ static int playlist_association_left(unsigned type, const char *label,
          next = 0;
    }
 
-   core_info_t *info = core_info_get(list, next);
-
+   info  = core_info_get(list, next);
    found = string_list_find_elem(stnames, path);
    if (found)
       string_list_set(stcores, found-1, info->path);
diff --git a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_right.c b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_right.c
index 319c65f30e..82d7ad3306 100644
--- a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_right.c
+++ b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_right.c
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ static int playlist_association_right(unsigned type, const char *label,
 {
    size_t i, next, found, current = 0;
    char core_path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH]  = {0};
+   core_info_t *info                = NULL;
    struct string_list *stnames      = NULL;
    struct string_list *stcores      = NULL;
    char new_playlist_cores[PATH_MAX_LENGTH] = {0};
@@ -346,7 +347,7 @@ static int playlist_association_right(unsigned type, const char *label,
          next = 0;
    }
 
-   core_info_t *info = core_info_get(list, next);
+   info = core_info_get(list, next);
 
    found = string_list_find_elem(stnames, path);
    if (found)
diff --git a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_start.c b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_start.c
index 1c6f96fd76..a3803b923e 100644
--- a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_start.c
+++ b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_start.c
@@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ static int action_start_playlist_association(unsigned type, const char *label)
 {
    int found;
    char new_playlist_cores[PATH_MAX_LENGTH] = {0};
+   struct string_list *stnames      = NULL;
+   struct string_list *stcores      = NULL;
    global_t *global                 = global_get_ptr();
    settings_t *settings             = config_get_ptr();
    const char *path                 = path_basename(label);
@@ -277,10 +279,10 @@ static int action_start_playlist_association(unsigned type, const char *label)
    if (!list)
       return -1;
 
-   struct string_list *stnames = string_split(settings->playlist_names, ";");
-   struct string_list *stcores = string_split(settings->playlist_cores, ";");
+   stnames = string_split(settings->playlist_names, ";");
+   stcores = string_split(settings->playlist_cores, ";");
+   found   = string_list_find_elem(stnames, path);
 
-   found = string_list_find_elem(stnames, path);
    if (found)
       string_list_set(stcores, found-1, "DETECT");
 
diff --git a/menu/menu_setting.c b/menu/menu_setting.c
index 0e82f605ee..3cfa1a1992 100644
--- a/menu/menu_setting.c
+++ b/menu/menu_setting.c
@@ -1302,8 +1302,9 @@ bool START_SUB_GROUP(rarch_setting_t **list,
       rarch_setting_group_info_t *subgroup_info,
       const char *parent_group)
 {
+   rarch_setting_t value;
    subgroup_info->name = name;
-   rarch_setting_t value = setting_subgroup_setting (ST_SUB_GROUP, name, group_info->name, parent_group);
+   value = setting_subgroup_setting (ST_SUB_GROUP, name, group_info->name, parent_group);
    if (!(menu_settings_list_append(list, list_info, value)))
       return false;
    return true;