diff --git a/src/journal/journalctl.c b/src/journal/journalctl.c
index 6ee49a6913a..127c3d491b8 100644
--- a/src/journal/journalctl.c
+++ b/src/journal/journalctl.c
@@ -2164,7 +2164,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         bool previous_boot_id_valid = false, first_line = true, ellipsized = false, need_seek = false;
         bool use_cursor = false, after_cursor = false;
         _cleanup_(sd_journal_closep) sd_journal *j = NULL;
-        sd_id128_t previous_boot_id;
+        sd_id128_t previous_boot_id = {};  /* Unnecessary initialization to appease gcc */
         int n_shown = 0, r, poll_fd = -1;
 
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-verify.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-verify.c
index 14954503949..08b86f9758a 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-verify.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-verify.c
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ int journal_file_verify(
         uint64_t p = 0, last_epoch = 0, last_tag_realtime = 0, last_sealed_realtime = 0;
 
         uint64_t entry_seqnum = 0, entry_monotonic = 0, entry_realtime = 0;
-        sd_id128_t entry_boot_id;
+        sd_id128_t entry_boot_id = {};  /* Unnecessary initialization to appease gcc */
         bool entry_seqnum_set = false, entry_monotonic_set = false, entry_realtime_set = false, found_main_entry_array = false;
         uint64_t n_weird = 0, n_objects = 0, n_entries = 0, n_data = 0, n_fields = 0, n_data_hash_tables = 0, n_field_hash_tables = 0, n_entry_arrays = 0, n_tags = 0;
         usec_t last_usec = 0;