diff --git a/src/mca/gpr/replica/communications/gpr_replica_subscribe_cm.c b/src/mca/gpr/replica/communications/gpr_replica_subscribe_cm.c
index b6344f683d..c8a38f4155 100644
--- a/src/mca/gpr/replica/communications/gpr_replica_subscribe_cm.c
+++ b/src/mca/gpr/replica/communications/gpr_replica_subscribe_cm.c
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ int orte_gpr_replica_recv_subscribe_cmd(orte_process_name_t* sender,
     int rc, ret;
     size_t n, num_subs, num_trigs;
     orte_gpr_notify_action_t action;
-    orte_gpr_value_t **trigs;
-    orte_gpr_subscription_t **subscriptions;
+    orte_gpr_value_t **trigs=NULL;
+    orte_gpr_subscription_t **subscriptions=NULL;
     
     if (ORTE_SUCCESS != (rc = orte_dps.pack(output_buffer, &command, 1, ORTE_GPR_CMD))) {
         ORTE_ERROR_LOG(rc);
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ int orte_gpr_replica_recv_subscribe_cmd(orte_process_name_t* sender,
             goto RETURN_ERROR;
         }
     }
-    num_subs = (int)n;
+    num_subs = n;
     
     if (ORTE_SUCCESS != (rc = orte_dps.peek(input_buffer, &type, &n))) {
         ORTE_ERROR_LOG(rc);
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ int orte_gpr_replica_recv_subscribe_cmd(orte_process_name_t* sender,
             goto RETURN_ERROR;
         }
     }
-    num_trigs = (int)n;
+    num_trigs = n;
 
     n = 1;
     if (ORTE_SUCCESS != orte_dps.unpack(input_buffer, &idtag, &n, ORTE_GPR_NOTIFY_ID)) {
diff --git a/src/mca/gpr/replica/functional_layer/gpr_replica_put_get_fn.c b/src/mca/gpr/replica/functional_layer/gpr_replica_put_get_fn.c
index 2d618dd4be..fe4d397501 100644
--- a/src/mca/gpr/replica/functional_layer/gpr_replica_put_get_fn.c
+++ b/src/mca/gpr/replica/functional_layer/gpr_replica_put_get_fn.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ int orte_gpr_replica_put_fn(orte_gpr_addr_mode_t addr_mode,
     orte_gpr_keyval_t **kptr;
     orte_gpr_replica_itagval_t *iptr;
     bool overwrite;
-    char **tmp;
+    char *tmp=NULL;
     int rc;
     size_t i, j, num_found;
 
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ int orte_gpr_replica_put_fn(orte_gpr_addr_mode_t addr_mode,
         }
         ompi_output(0, "Tokens:");
         for (i=0; i < num_tokens; i++) {
-            orte_gpr_replica_dict_reverse_lookup(tmp, seg, token_itags[i]);
-            ompi_output(0, "\t%s", *tmp);
+            orte_gpr_replica_dict_reverse_lookup(&tmp, seg, token_itags[i]);
+            ompi_output(0, "\t%s", tmp);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/mca/gpr/replica/functional_layer/gpr_replica_subscribe_fn.c b/src/mca/gpr/replica/functional_layer/gpr_replica_subscribe_fn.c
index 439afff358..794c3ed1ee 100644
--- a/src/mca/gpr/replica/functional_layer/gpr_replica_subscribe_fn.c
+++ b/src/mca/gpr/replica/functional_layer/gpr_replica_subscribe_fn.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ int orte_gpr_replica_subscribe_fn(orte_gpr_notify_action_t action, size_t num_su
     orte_gpr_replica_itagval_t *iptr=NULL;
     orte_gpr_replica_addr_mode_t tok_mode, key_mode;
     size_t i, j, k, index, num_tokens, num_keys, num_found;
-    int rc;
+    int rc=ORTE_SUCCESS;
     bool found;
 
     if (orte_gpr_replica_globals.debug) {
diff --git a/src/mca/gpr/replica/functional_layer/gpr_replica_trig_ops_fn.c b/src/mca/gpr/replica/functional_layer/gpr_replica_trig_ops_fn.c
index 868ac71ac0..f890984b03 100644
--- a/src/mca/gpr/replica/functional_layer/gpr_replica_trig_ops_fn.c
+++ b/src/mca/gpr/replica/functional_layer/gpr_replica_trig_ops_fn.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ int orte_gpr_replica_check_subscriptions(orte_gpr_replica_segment_t *seg,
 int orte_gpr_replica_check_trig(orte_gpr_replica_triggers_t *trig)
 {
     orte_gpr_replica_counter_t **cntr;
-    orte_gpr_replica_itagval_t *base_value;
+    orte_gpr_replica_itagval_t *base_value=NULL;
     bool first, fire;
     size_t i;
     int cmp;
diff --git a/src/mca/gpr/replica/transition_layer/gpr_replica_segment_tl.c b/src/mca/gpr/replica/transition_layer/gpr_replica_segment_tl.c
index 0929b2fea1..4cc55a3cf8 100644
--- a/src/mca/gpr/replica/transition_layer/gpr_replica_segment_tl.c
+++ b/src/mca/gpr/replica/transition_layer/gpr_replica_segment_tl.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ int orte_gpr_replica_find_seg(orte_gpr_replica_segment_t **seg,
                               bool create, char *segment)
 {
     size_t len;
-    int rc;
+    int rc=ORTE_SUCCESS;
     size_t i;
     orte_gpr_replica_segment_t **ptr;
 
diff --git a/src/mca/ns/proxy/src/ns_proxy.c b/src/mca/ns/proxy/src/ns_proxy.c
index 47baaf9bbe..722b514f8b 100644
--- a/src/mca/ns/proxy/src/ns_proxy.c
+++ b/src/mca/ns/proxy/src/ns_proxy.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ int orte_ns_proxy_define_data_type(const char *name,
     orte_ns_cmd_flag_t command;
     orte_ns_proxy_dti_t *dti;
     size_t count;
-    int rc;
+    int rc=ORTE_SUCCESS;
 
     if (NULL == name || 0 < *type) {
         ORTE_ERROR_LOG(ORTE_ERR_BAD_PARAM);