diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 9359539907ba..732d4b57411a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -495,8 +495,8 @@ xs_read_stream_request(struct sock_xprt *transport, struct msghdr *msg,
 		int flags, struct rpc_rqst *req)
 {
 	struct xdr_buf *buf = &req->rq_private_buf;
-	size_t want, read;
-	ssize_t ret;
+	size_t want, uninitialized_var(read);
+	ssize_t uninitialized_var(ret);
 
 	xs_read_header(transport, buf);