diff --git a/camera/drivers/video4linux2.c b/camera/drivers/video4linux2.c
index 76301f9646..93066d0e55 100644
--- a/camera/drivers/video4linux2.c
+++ b/camera/drivers/video4linux2.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ typedef struct video4linux
    uint32_t *buffer_output;
    bool ready;
 
-   char dev_name[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+   char dev_name[255];
 } video4linux_t;
 
 static void process_image(video4linux_t *v4l, const uint8_t *buffer_yuv)
diff --git a/input/drivers_joypad/linuxraw_joypad.c b/input/drivers_joypad/linuxraw_joypad.c
index 5e7a7eee81..714e75f2c8 100644
--- a/input/drivers_joypad/linuxraw_joypad.c
+++ b/input/drivers_joypad/linuxraw_joypad.c
@@ -176,7 +176,9 @@ static void handle_plugged_pad(void)
          else if (event->mask & (IN_CREATE | IN_ATTRIB))
          {
             bool ret;
-            char path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH] = {0};
+            char path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+
+            path[0] = '\0';
 
             snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/dev/input/%s", event->name);
             ret = linuxraw_joypad_init_pad(path, &linuxraw_pads[idx]);
@@ -227,11 +229,13 @@ static bool linuxraw_joypad_init(void *data)
 
    for (i = 0; i < MAX_USERS; i++)
    {
-      char path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH]  = {0};
+      char path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
       autoconfig_params_t params  = {{0}};
       struct linuxraw_joypad *pad = (struct linuxraw_joypad*)&linuxraw_pads[i];
       settings_t *settings        = config_get_ptr();
 
+      path[0]                     = '\0';
+
       params.idx                  = i;
       pad->fd                     = -1;
       pad->ident                  = settings->input.device_names[i];
diff --git a/libretro-common/file/archive_file_zlib.c b/libretro-common/file/archive_file_zlib.c
index 1809c9f40f..c7577b2607 100644
--- a/libretro-common/file/archive_file_zlib.c
+++ b/libretro-common/file/archive_file_zlib.c
@@ -433,14 +433,18 @@ static int zip_parse_file_iterate_step_internal(
 static int zip_parse_file_iterate_step(file_archive_transfer_t *state,
       const char *valid_exts, struct archive_extract_userdata *userdata, file_archive_file_cb file_cb)
 {
+   char filename[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+   int ret;
    const uint8_t *cdata = NULL;
    uint32_t checksum    = 0;
    uint32_t size        = 0;
    uint32_t csize       = 0;
    unsigned cmode       = 0;
    unsigned payload     = 0;
-   char filename[PATH_MAX_LENGTH] = {0};
-   int ret = zip_parse_file_iterate_step_internal(state, filename,
+
+   filename[0] = '\0';
+
+   ret = zip_parse_file_iterate_step_internal(state, filename,
          &cdata, &cmode, &size, &csize,
          &checksum, &payload);
 
diff --git a/paths.c b/paths.c
index ba337ea7f0..64b9b916cc 100644
--- a/paths.c
+++ b/paths.c
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ void path_clear_all(void)
 
 enum rarch_content_type path_is_media_type(const char *path)
 {
-   char ext_lower[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+   char ext_lower[128];
 
    ext_lower[0] = '\0';