diff --git a/gnucash/import-export/csv-imp/gnc-imp-props-price.cpp b/gnucash/import-export/csv-imp/gnc-imp-props-price.cpp
index 874d218baa..a7a7185ed0 100644
--- a/gnucash/import-export/csv-imp/gnc-imp-props-price.cpp
+++ b/gnucash/import-export/csv-imp/gnc-imp-props-price.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ GncNumeric parse_amount_price (const std::string &str, int currency_format)
     std::string str_no_symbols = boost::u32regex_replace(str, expr, "");
 
     /* Convert based on user chosen currency format */
-    gnc_numeric val;
+    gnc_numeric val = gnc_numeric_zero();
     char *endptr;
     switch (currency_format)
     {
diff --git a/gnucash/import-export/csv-imp/gnc-imp-props-tx.cpp b/gnucash/import-export/csv-imp/gnc-imp-props-tx.cpp
index 25ec7b7ac1..4df60017c5 100644
--- a/gnucash/import-export/csv-imp/gnc-imp-props-tx.cpp
+++ b/gnucash/import-export/csv-imp/gnc-imp-props-tx.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ GncNumeric parse_amount (const std::string &str, int currency_format)
     std::string str_no_symbols = boost::u32regex_replace(str, expr, "");
 
     /* Convert based on user chosen currency format */
-    gnc_numeric val;
+    gnc_numeric val = gnc_numeric_zero();
     char *endptr;
     switch (currency_format)
     {
diff --git a/gnucash/register/ledger-core/gncEntryLedger.c b/gnucash/register/ledger-core/gncEntryLedger.c
index 8bf2d1972d..86b5b31850 100644
--- a/gnucash/register/ledger-core/gncEntryLedger.c
+++ b/gnucash/register/ledger-core/gncEntryLedger.c
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ void
 gnc_entry_ledger_compute_value (GncEntryLedger *ledger,
                                 gnc_numeric *value, gnc_numeric *tax_value)
 {
-    gnc_numeric qty, price, discount;
+    gnc_numeric qty, price = gnc_numeric_zero(), discount = gnc_numeric_zero();
     gint disc_type, disc_how;
     gboolean taxable, taxincluded;
     GncTaxTable *table;
diff --git a/gnucash/register/ledger-core/split-register-model.c b/gnucash/register/ledger-core/split-register-model.c
index 34f887a41d..bc83f095a6 100644
--- a/gnucash/register/ledger-core/split-register-model.c
+++ b/gnucash/register/ledger-core/split-register-model.c
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ gnc_split_register_use_negative_color (VirtualLocation virt_loc,
                                        SplitRegister *reg)
 {
     const char * cell_name;
-    gnc_numeric value;
+    gnc_numeric value = gnc_numeric_zero();
     Split *split;
 
     if (!use_red_for_negative)