diff --git a/src/client/linux/handler/exception_handler.cc b/src/client/linux/handler/exception_handler.cc
index a41e8c5..b895f6d 100644
--- a/src/client/linux/handler/exception_handler.cc
+++ b/src/client/linux/handler/exception_handler.cc
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@
   // Allow the child to ptrace us
   sys_prctl(PR_SET_PTRACER, child, 0, 0, 0);
   SendContinueSignalToChild();
-  int status;
+  int status = 0;
   const int r = HANDLE_EINTR(sys_waitpid(child, &status, __WALL));
 
   sys_close(fdes[1]);
diff --git a/src/client/linux/handler/exception_handler.h b/src/client/linux/handler/exception_handler.h
index d246f60..1695a2b 100644
--- a/src/client/linux/handler/exception_handler.h
+++ b/src/client/linux/handler/exception_handler.h
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
   // can do this. We create a pipe which we can use to block the
   // cloned process after creating it, until we have explicitly enabled
   // ptrace. This is used to store the file descriptors for the pipe
-  int fdes[2];
+  int fdes[2] = {-1, -1};
 
   // Callers can add extra info about mappings for cases where the
   // dumper code cannot extract enough information from /proc/<pid>/maps.