diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c
index 10e9abcf0932..9cbb8d8363b4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static void csr_load_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv;
 	struct intel_csr *csr;
-	const struct firmware *fw;
+	const struct firmware *fw = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
 	dev_priv = container_of(work, typeof(*dev_priv), csr.work);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_loader.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_loader.c
index 27f6fd57eb79..a330fa499384 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_loader.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_loader.c
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ static void guc_fw_fetch(struct drm_device *dev, struct intel_guc_fw *guc_fw)
 {
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = dev->pdev;
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
-	const struct firmware *fw;
+	const struct firmware *fw = NULL;
 	struct guc_css_header *css;
 	size_t size;
 	int err;