diff --git a/ipmitool/lib/ipmi_session.c b/ipmitool/lib/ipmi_session.c
index 7652cfb..4fd2bf9 100644
--- a/ipmitool/lib/ipmi_session.c
+++ b/ipmitool/lib/ipmi_session.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ ipmi_session_main(struct ipmi_intf * intf, int argc, char ** argv)
 		else
 		{
 
-			Ipmi_Session_Request_Type session_request_type;
+			Ipmi_Session_Request_Type session_request_type = 0;
 			uint32_t                  id_or_handle = 0;
 
 			if (!strncmp(argv[1], "active", 6))
diff --git a/ipmitool/src/ipmitool.c b/ipmitool/src/ipmitool.c
index e0b751b..c1a545a 100644
--- a/ipmitool/src/ipmitool.c
+++ b/ipmitool/src/ipmitool.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
 
 #include <ipmitool/helper.h>
 #include <ipmitool/log.h>
diff --git a/ipmitool/src/plugins/lan/lan.c b/ipmitool/src/plugins/lan/lan.c
index 3a7260c..57c6f01 100644
--- a/ipmitool/src/plugins/lan/lan.c
+++ b/ipmitool/src/plugins/lan/lan.c
@@ -433,8 +433,7 @@ ipmi_lan_poll_recv(struct ipmi_intf * intf)
 	struct rmcp_hdr rmcp_rsp;
 	struct ipmi_rs * rsp;
 	struct ipmi_rq_entry * entry;
-	int x, rv;
-
+	int x=0, rv;
 	rsp = ipmi_lan_recv_packet(intf);
 	while (rsp) {