diff --git a/contrib/unaccent/unaccent.c b/contrib/unaccent/unaccent.c
index 7b5086b958..2dddfd9f0f 100644
--- a/contrib/unaccent/unaccent.c
+++ b/contrib/unaccent/unaccent.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2009, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *    $PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/unaccent/unaccent.c,v 1.1 2009/08/18 10:34:39 teodor Exp $
+ *    $PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/unaccent/unaccent.c,v 1.2 2009/08/18 15:37:04 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ Datum
 unaccent_init(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
 	List       *dictoptions = (List *) PG_GETARG_POINTER(0);
-	SuffixChar *rootSuffixTree;
+	SuffixChar *rootSuffixTree = NULL;
 	bool        fileloaded = false;
 	ListCell   *l;
 
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ unaccent_lexize(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	SuffixChar *rootSuffixTree = (SuffixChar*)PG_GETARG_POINTER(0);
 	char       *srcchar = (char *) PG_GETARG_POINTER(1);
 	int32		len = PG_GETARG_INT32(2);
-	char	   *srcstart, *trgchar;
+	char	   *srcstart, *trgchar = NULL;
 	int			charlen;
 	TSLexeme   *res = NULL;
 	SuffixChar *node;