diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index ddc5c533e89c41d6e9468c7b3051301ffd0b2429..4cd8b25c7ed7e691b0fe6ee53aede0647768973b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -3834,7 +3834,7 @@ static bool e1000_clean_tx_irq(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
 	struct e1000_buffer *buffer_info;
 	unsigned int i, eop;
 	unsigned int count = 0;
-	bool cleaned;
+	bool cleaned = false;
 	unsigned int total_tx_bytes=0, total_tx_packets=0;
 
 	i = tx_ring->next_to_clean;
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
index 409b58cad0e50df0c34e77f6f31a943b0c306029..3b0f0877380026504978082e6b90dd373594c26a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ static bool e1000_clean_tx_irq(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 	struct e1000_buffer *buffer_info;
 	unsigned int i, eop;
 	unsigned int count = 0;
-	bool cleaned;
+	bool cleaned = false;
 	unsigned int total_tx_bytes = 0, total_tx_packets = 0;
 
 	i = tx_ring->next_to_clean;