diff --git a/sys/dev/e1000/e1000_82543.c b/sys/dev/e1000/e1000_82543.c
index 42c4726fa8c7..49049b8646cd 100644
--- a/sys/dev/e1000/e1000_82543.c
+++ b/sys/dev/e1000/e1000_82543.c
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ static s32 e1000_setup_copper_link_82543(struct e1000_hw *hw)
 {
 	u32 ctrl;
 	s32 ret_val;
-	bool link;
+	bool link = true;
 
 	DEBUGFUNC("e1000_setup_copper_link_82543");
 
diff --git a/sys/dev/e1000/e1000_ich8lan.c b/sys/dev/e1000/e1000_ich8lan.c
index 8ca0fb392805..635be03f2900 100644
--- a/sys/dev/e1000/e1000_ich8lan.c
+++ b/sys/dev/e1000/e1000_ich8lan.c
@@ -5620,7 +5620,7 @@ void e1000_igp3_phy_powerdown_workaround_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
 void e1000_gig_downshift_workaround_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
 {
 	s32 ret_val;
-	u16 reg_data;
+	u16 reg_data = 0;
 
 	DEBUGFUNC("e1000_gig_downshift_workaround_ich8lan");
 
diff --git a/sys/dev/e1000/e1000_phy.c b/sys/dev/e1000/e1000_phy.c
index d84b6120dd31..2eae3acbe500 100644
--- a/sys/dev/e1000/e1000_phy.c
+++ b/sys/dev/e1000/e1000_phy.c
@@ -1695,7 +1695,7 @@ s32 e1000_copper_link_autoneg(struct e1000_hw *hw)
 s32 e1000_setup_copper_link_generic(struct e1000_hw *hw)
 {
 	s32 ret_val;
-	bool link;
+	bool link = true;
 
 	DEBUGFUNC("e1000_setup_copper_link_generic");