diff --git a/src/ssl_load.c b/src/ssl_load.c
index 71688bc8b..f5b7126ea 100644
--- a/src/ssl_load.c
+++ b/src/ssl_load.c
@@ -952,8 +952,8 @@ static int ProcessBufferTryDecodeDilithium(WOLFSSL_CTX* ctx, WOLFSSL* ssl,
     word32 idx;
     dilithium_key* key;
     int keyFormatTemp = 0;
-    int keyTypeTemp;
-    int keySizeTemp;
+    int keyTypeTemp = 0;
+    int keySizeTemp = 0;
 
     /* Allocate a Dilithium key to parse into. */
     key = (dilithium_key*)XMALLOC(sizeof(dilithium_key), heap,