diff --git a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_get_value.c b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_get_value.c
index 47a6c5ed18..7e8f1687fe 100644
--- a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_get_value.c
+++ b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_get_value.c
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ static void menu_action_setting_disp_set_label_playlist_associations(file_list_t
       const char *path,
       char *s2, size_t len2)
 {
-   char playlist_name_with_ext[PATH_MAX_LENGTH] = {0};
+   char playlist_name_with_ext[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
    bool found_matching_core_association         = false;
    settings_t         *settings                 = config_get_ptr();
    struct string_list *str_list                 = string_split(settings->playlist_names, ";");
@@ -1373,6 +1373,7 @@ static void menu_action_setting_disp_set_label_playlist_associations(file_list_t
 
    strlcpy(s2, path, len2);
 
+   playlist_name_with_ext[0] = '\0';
    *s = '\0';
    *w = 19;
 
diff --git a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_label.c b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_label.c
index 09386a4347..d0b4d656f4 100644
--- a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_label.c
+++ b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_label.c
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ static int action_bind_label_playlist_collection_entry(
 {
    if (strstr(path, file_path_str(FILE_PATH_LPL_EXTENSION)))
    {
-      char path_base[PATH_MAX_LENGTH] = {0};
+      char path_base[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+      path_base[0] = '\0';
+
       fill_short_pathname_representation_noext(path_base, path,
             sizeof(path_base));
 
diff --git a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_title.c b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_title.c
index 5222af473b..dc295d32fc 100644
--- a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_title.c
+++ b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_title.c
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ static void replace_chars(char *str, char c1, char c2)
 
 static void sanitize_to_string(char *s, const char *label, size_t len)
 {
-   char new_label[PATH_MAX_LENGTH] = {0};
+   char new_label[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+
+   new_label[0] = '\0';
 
    strlcpy(new_label, label, sizeof(new_label));
    strlcpy(s, new_label, len);
@@ -694,7 +696,10 @@ static int action_get_title_generic(char *s, size_t len, const char *path,
 
    if (list_path)
    {
-      char elem0_path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH] = {0};
+      char elem0_path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+
+      elem0_path[0] = '\0';
+
       if (list_path->size > 0)
          strlcpy(elem0_path, list_path->elems[0].data, sizeof(elem0_path));
       string_list_free(list_path);
@@ -840,10 +845,12 @@ static int action_get_title_group_settings(const char *path, const char *label,
       strlcpy(s, msg_hash_to_str(MENU_ENUM_LABEL_VALUE_HORIZONTAL_MENU), len);
    else
    {
-      char elem0[PATH_MAX_LENGTH]    = {0};
-      char elem1[PATH_MAX_LENGTH]    = {0};
+      char elem0[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+      char elem1[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
       struct string_list *list_label = string_split(label, "|");
 
+      elem0[0] = elem1[0] = '\0';
+
       if (list_label)
       {
          if (list_label->size > 0)