diff --git a/menu/menu_displaylist.c b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
index 6a283987e9..e7b5e101d6 100644
--- a/menu/menu_displaylist.c
+++ b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
@@ -3529,7 +3529,7 @@ static void menu_displaylist_parse_playlist_associations(
       {
          char path_base[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
          char core_path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
-         unsigned found = 0;
+         unsigned found                   = 0;
          union string_list_elem_attr attr = {0};
          const char *path                 =
             path_basename(str_list->elems[i].data);
diff --git a/menu/menu_setting.c b/menu/menu_setting.c
index 549e66838b..dfe9ad254f 100644
--- a/menu/menu_setting.c
+++ b/menu/menu_setting.c
@@ -1895,7 +1895,7 @@ static bool setting_append_list_input_player_options(
          parent_group);
 
    {
-      char tmp_string[PATH_MAX_LENGTH] = {0};
+      char tmp_string[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
       /* These constants match the string lengths.
        * Keep them up to date or you'll get some really obvious bugs.
        * 2 is the length of '99'; we don't need more users than that.
@@ -1915,6 +1915,8 @@ static bool setting_append_list_input_player_options(
       static char label_bind_all_save_autoconfig[MAX_USERS][64];
       static char label_bind_defaults[MAX_USERS][64];
 
+      tmp_string[0] = '\0';
+
       snprintf(tmp_string, sizeof(tmp_string), "input_player%u", user + 1);
 
       fill_pathname_join_delim(key[user], tmp_string, "joypad_index", '_',