diff --git a/input/drivers/android_input.c b/input/drivers/android_input.c
index e0ff133ee2..dce6e8175f 100644
--- a/input/drivers/android_input.c
+++ b/input/drivers/android_input.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static bool android_input_lookup_name_prekitkat(char *buf,
    jmethodID method, getName;
    jobject device, name;
    const char *str = NULL;
-   JNIEnv *env = (JNIEnv*)jni_thread_getenv();
+   JNIEnv     *env = (JNIEnv*)jni_thread_getenv();
 
    if (!env)
       goto error;
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static bool android_input_lookup_name(char *buf,
    jmethodID method, getName, getVendorId, getProductId;
    jobject device, name;
    const char *str = NULL;
-   JNIEnv *env = (JNIEnv*)jni_thread_getenv();
+   JNIEnv     *env = (JNIEnv*)jni_thread_getenv();
 
    if (!env)
       goto error;
@@ -566,11 +566,12 @@ static void handle_hotplug(android_input_t *android,
       struct android_app *android_app, unsigned *port, unsigned id,
       int source)
 {
-   char device_name[256], name_buf[256];
+   char device_name[256]        = {0};
+   char name_buf[256]           = {0};
+   autoconfig_params_t params   = {{0}};
    name_buf[0] = device_name[0] = 0;
-   int vendorId = 0, productId = 0;
-   autoconfig_params_t params = {{0}};
-   settings_t *settings = config_get_ptr();
+   int vendorId = 0, productId  = 0;
+   settings_t         *settings = config_get_ptr();
 
    if (!settings->input.autodetect_enable)
       return;
diff --git a/input/drivers/qnx_input.c b/input/drivers/qnx_input.c
index 402b038a70..9e934575cb 100644
--- a/input/drivers/qnx_input.c
+++ b/input/drivers/qnx_input.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static void qnx_process_gamepad_event(
 static void qnx_input_autodetect_gamepad(qnx_input_t *qnx,
       qnx_input_device_t* controller, int port)
 {
-   char name_buf[256];
+   char name_buf[256]   = {0};
    settings_t *settings = config_get_ptr();
 
    if (!qnx)
diff --git a/input/drivers_joypad/dinput_joypad.c b/input/drivers_joypad/dinput_joypad.c
index 286fef4b11..045cf70a6d 100644
--- a/input/drivers_joypad/dinput_joypad.c
+++ b/input/drivers_joypad/dinput_joypad.c
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ static bool guid_is_xinput_device(const GUID* product_guid)
    for (i = 0; i < num_raw_devs; i++)
    {
       RID_DEVICE_INFO rdi;
-      char devName[128];
-      UINT rdiSize = sizeof(rdi);
-      UINT nameSize = sizeof(devName);
+      char devName[128]   = {0};
+      UINT rdiSize        = sizeof(rdi);
+      UINT nameSize       = sizeof(devName);
 
       rdi.cbSize = sizeof (rdi);
 
diff --git a/input/drivers_joypad/linuxraw_joypad.c b/input/drivers_joypad/linuxraw_joypad.c
index b81f14643e..5467fdf5ea 100644
--- a/input/drivers_joypad/linuxraw_joypad.c
+++ b/input/drivers_joypad/linuxraw_joypad.c
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ static bool linuxraw_joypad_init_pad(const char *path, struct linuxraw_joypad *p
 
          if (g_hotplug)
          {
-            char msg[512];
+            char msg[512] = {0};
+
             snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), "Device #%u (%s) connected.", (unsigned)(pad - linuxraw_pads), pad->ident);
             rarch_main_msg_queue_push(msg, 0, 60, false);
          }
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ static void handle_plugged_pad(void)
          else if (event->mask & (IN_CREATE | IN_ATTRIB))
          {
             bool ret;
-            char path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+            char path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH] = {0};
 
             snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/dev/input/%s", event->name);
             ret = linuxraw_joypad_init_pad(path, &linuxraw_pads[idx]);
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ static bool linuxraw_joypad_init(void *data)
 
    for (i = 0; i < MAX_USERS; i++)
    {
-      char path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+      char path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH]  = {0};
       autoconfig_params_t params  = {{0}};
       struct linuxraw_joypad *pad = (struct linuxraw_joypad*)&linuxraw_pads[i];
 
diff --git a/input/drivers_joypad/parport_joypad.c b/input/drivers_joypad/parport_joypad.c
index 3a8f4018b5..93a5a16bd4 100644
--- a/input/drivers_joypad/parport_joypad.c
+++ b/input/drivers_joypad/parport_joypad.c
@@ -226,12 +226,12 @@ static void parport_free_pad(struct parport_joypad *pad)
 static bool parport_joypad_init(void *data)
 {
    unsigned i, j;
-   bool found_enabled_button;
-   bool found_disabled_button;
-   char buf[PARPORT_NUM_BUTTONS * 3 + 1];
-   char pin[3 + 1];
-   settings_t *settings       = config_get_ptr();
-   autoconfig_params_t params = {{0}};
+   bool found_enabled_button             = false;
+   bool found_disabled_button            = false;
+   char buf[PARPORT_NUM_BUTTONS * 3 + 1] = {0};
+   char pin[3 + 1]                       = {0};
+   settings_t *settings                  = config_get_ptr();
+   autoconfig_params_t params            = {{0}};
 
    (void)data;
 
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static bool parport_joypad_init(void *data)
 
    for (i = 0; i < MAX_USERS; i++)
    {
-      char path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+      char path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH] = {0};
       struct parport_joypad *pad = &parport_pads[i];
 
       pad->fd    = -1;
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ static bool parport_joypad_init(void *data)
 static void parport_joypad_destroy(void)
 {
    unsigned i;
-   struct parport_joypad *pad;
+   struct parport_joypad *pad = NULL;
 
    for (i = 0; i < MAX_USERS; i++)
    {
diff --git a/input/drivers_joypad/udev_joypad.c b/input/drivers_joypad/udev_joypad.c
index d942d93fed..ca534a769b 100644
--- a/input/drivers_joypad/udev_joypad.c
+++ b/input/drivers_joypad/udev_joypad.c
@@ -204,10 +204,10 @@ error:
 
 static int udev_add_pad(struct udev_device *dev, unsigned p, int fd, const char *path)
 {
-   int ret = 0;
    int i;
-   const char *buf;
    struct stat st;
+   int ret                              = 0;
+   const char *buf                      = NULL;
    unsigned buttons                     = 0;
    unsigned axes                        = 0;
    struct udev_device *parent           = NULL;
@@ -351,7 +351,8 @@ static void udev_check_device(struct udev_device *dev, const char *path, bool ho
       default:
          if (hotplugged)
          {
-            char msg[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+            char msg[PATH_MAX_LENGTH] = {0};
+
             snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), "Device #%u (%s) connected.", pad, path);
             rarch_main_msg_queue_push(msg, 0, 60, false);
             RARCH_LOG("[udev]: %s\n", msg);