diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index d5a0ee40bf66c..9d9095e817928 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -1993,7 +1993,7 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(__kretprobe_find_ret_addr);
 unsigned long kretprobe_find_ret_addr(struct task_struct *tsk, void *fp,
 				      struct llist_node **cur)
 {
-	struct kretprobe_instance *ri = NULL;
+	struct kretprobe_instance *ri;
 	kprobe_opcode_t *ret;
 
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!cur))
@@ -2802,7 +2802,7 @@ static int show_kprobe_addr(struct seq_file *pi, void *v)
 {
 	struct hlist_head *head;
 	struct kprobe *p, *kp;
-	const char *sym = NULL;
+	const char *sym;
 	unsigned int i = *(loff_t *) v;
 	unsigned long offset = 0;
 	char *modname, namebuf[KSYM_NAME_LEN];