diff --git a/gfx/drivers/gl_renderchains/render_chain_gl_legacy.c b/gfx/drivers/gl_renderchains/render_chain_gl_legacy.c
index f88eae60f5..4e8dafe896 100644
--- a/gfx/drivers/gl_renderchains/render_chain_gl_legacy.c
+++ b/gfx/drivers/gl_renderchains/render_chain_gl_legacy.c
@@ -969,9 +969,12 @@ void gl_renderchain_bind_prev_texture(
 bool gl_renderchain_add_lut(const struct video_shader *shader,
       unsigned i, GLuint *textures_lut)
 {
-   struct texture_image img = {0};
+   struct texture_image img;
    enum texture_filter_type filter_type = TEXTURE_FILTER_LINEAR;
 
+   img.width  = img.height = 0;
+   img.pixels = NULL;
+
    if (!image_texture_load(&img, shader->lut[i].path))
    {
       RARCH_ERR("Failed to load texture image from: \"%s\"\n",
diff --git a/libretro-common/lists/dir_list.c b/libretro-common/lists/dir_list.c
index c61eb1a449..fdba0dc475 100644
--- a/libretro-common/lists/dir_list.c
+++ b/libretro-common/lists/dir_list.c
@@ -222,12 +222,14 @@ int dir_list_read(const char *dir, struct string_list *list, struct string_list
 
    while (retro_readdir(entry))
    {
+      char file_path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
       bool is_dir                     = false;
-      char file_path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH] = {0};
       int ret                         = 0;
       const char *name                = retro_dirent_get_name(entry);
       const char *file_ext            = path_get_extension(name);
 
+      file_path[0] = '\0';
+
       fill_pathname_join(file_path, dir, name, sizeof(file_path));
       is_dir = retro_dirent_is_dir(entry, file_path);
 
diff --git a/libretro-common/net/net_socket.c b/libretro-common/net/net_socket.c
index 1daa7d27c6..7715e2b41a 100644
--- a/libretro-common/net/net_socket.c
+++ b/libretro-common/net/net_socket.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 int socket_init(void **address, uint16_t port, const char *server, enum socket_type type)
 {
-   char port_buf[16]     = {0};
+   char port_buf[16];
    struct addrinfo hints = {0};
    struct addrinfo **addrinfo = (struct addrinfo**)address;
    struct addrinfo *addr = NULL;
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ int socket_init(void **address, uint16_t port, const char *server, enum socket_t
    if (!server)
       hints.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE;
 
+   port_buf[0] = '\0';
+
    snprintf(port_buf, sizeof(port_buf), "%hu", (unsigned short)port);
 
    if (getaddrinfo_retro(server, port_buf, &hints, addrinfo) < 0)
diff --git a/record/record_driver.c b/record/record_driver.c
index 4087372c09..ec3e25deeb 100644
--- a/record/record_driver.c
+++ b/record/record_driver.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ void recording_push_audio(const int16_t *data, size_t samples)
  **/
 bool recording_init(void)
 {
-   char recording_file[PATH_MAX_LENGTH] = {0};
+   char recording_file[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
    struct ffemu_params params           = {0};
    struct retro_system_av_info *av_info = video_viewport_get_system_av_info();
    bool *recording_enabled              = recording_is_enabled();
@@ -312,6 +312,8 @@ bool recording_init(void)
    if (!*recording_enabled)
       return false;
 
+   recording_file[0] = '\0';
+
    if (rarch_ctl(RARCH_CTL_IS_DUMMY_CORE, NULL))
    {
       RARCH_WARN("%s\n",