diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h
index 34c07fe5005a900346fff26b5e510006c3cd7140..9b79506b594b0efd4ebee15d1e540f503a70fdb3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ typedef struct { volatile int counter; } atomic_t;
 
 static inline void atomic_add(int i, volatile atomic_t *v)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long flags = 0;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	v->counter += i;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static inline void atomic_add(int i, volatile atomic_t *v)
 
 static inline void atomic_sub(int i, volatile atomic_t *v)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long flags = 0;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	v->counter -= i;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static inline void atomic_sub(int i, volatile atomic_t *v)
 
 static inline void atomic_inc(volatile atomic_t *v)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long flags = 0;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	v->counter += 1;
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static inline void atomic_inc(volatile atomic_t *v)
 
 static inline void atomic_dec(volatile atomic_t *v)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long flags = 0;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	v->counter -= 1;
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static inline void atomic_dec(volatile atomic_t *v)
 
 static inline int atomic_dec_and_test(volatile atomic_t *v)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long flags = 0;
 	int val;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static inline int atomic_dec_and_test(volatile atomic_t *v)
 
 static inline int atomic_add_negative(int i, volatile atomic_t *v)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long flags = 0;
 	int val;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static inline int atomic_add_negative(int i, volatile atomic_t *v)
 
 static inline void atomic_clear_mask(unsigned long mask, unsigned long *addr)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long flags = 0;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	*addr &= ~mask;
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/bitops.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/bitops.h
index d479a382918b575a0b892b1554d2b665aa7e1d0b..f33efeb33eeb7a785f3902950d53d31da28bc65a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/bitops.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/bitops.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static inline int __test_and_set_bit(int nr, volatile void *addr)
 
 static inline int test_and_set_bit(int nr, volatile void * addr)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long flags = 0;
 	int out;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static inline int __test_and_clear_bit(int nr, volatile void *addr)
 
 static inline int test_and_clear_bit(int nr, volatile void * addr)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long flags = 0;
 	int out;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);