diff --git a/appl/test/gssapi_server.c b/appl/test/gssapi_server.c
index baf13ecff..74ceb3bee 100644
--- a/appl/test/gssapi_server.c
+++ b/appl/test/gssapi_server.c
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ proto (int sock, const char *service)
     gss_OID mech_oid;
     char *mech, *p;
 
+    memset(&remote, 0, sizeof(remote));
+    local = remote;
+
     addrlen = sizeof(local);
     if (getsockname (sock, (struct sockaddr *)&local, &addrlen) < 0
 	|| addrlen != sizeof(local))
diff --git a/appl/test/http_client.c b/appl/test/http_client.c
index 24c4e6e2d..88a8fee35 100644
--- a/appl/test/http_client.c
+++ b/appl/test/http_client.c
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
     argc -= optind;
     argv += optind;
 
+    memset(&req, 0, sizeof(req));
     mech_oid = select_mech(mech);
 
     if (argc != 1 && argc != 2)
@@ -346,6 +347,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 	num_headers = 0;
 
+	if (req.response == NULL)
+	    errx(1, "Got no response");
+
 	if (strstr(req.response, " 200 ") != NULL) {
 	    print_body = 1;
 	    done = 1;