diff --git a/src/path.c b/src/path.c
index 7086a97..a64e668 100644
--- a/src/path.c
+++ b/src/path.c
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@
 {
     struct ly_path_predicate *p;
     const struct lysc_node *key;
-    const struct lys_module *mod;
+    const struct lys_module *mod = NULL;
     const char *name;
     size_t name_len, key_count;
 
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@
 {
     LY_ERR ret = LY_SUCCESS;
     uint16_t tok_idx = 0;
-    const struct lys_module *mod;
+    const struct lys_module *mod = NULL;
     const struct lysc_node *node2, *cur_node, *op;
     struct ly_path *p = NULL;
     uint32_t getnext_opts;