diff --git a/AtlasTest/DatabaseTest/AthenaPoolTest/src/AthenaPoolTestDataReader.cxx b/AtlasTest/DatabaseTest/AthenaPoolTest/src/AthenaPoolTestDataReader.cxx
index 003b5558dce5190f67db363b039f9ac940714d33..3f6423b75007eec3460cbfa01d7843bb764b5f5c 100755
--- a/AtlasTest/DatabaseTest/AthenaPoolTest/src/AthenaPoolTestDataReader.cxx
+++ b/AtlasTest/DatabaseTest/AthenaPoolTest/src/AthenaPoolTestDataReader.cxx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2022 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 /**
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ StatusCode AthenaPoolTestDataReader::execute()
     //bool readMatrix = false;
     bool readMatrix = true;
     if (readMatrix) {
-        const AthenaPoolTestMatrix* matrix;
+        const AthenaPoolTestMatrix* matrix = nullptr;
         for ( int i = 0; i < 3; ++i ) {
             std::stringstream stream;
             stream << "AthenaPoolTestMatrix_" << i;
diff --git a/AtlasTest/DatabaseTest/IOVDbTestAlg/src/IOVDbTestAlg.cxx b/AtlasTest/DatabaseTest/IOVDbTestAlg/src/IOVDbTestAlg.cxx
index d275488a9d300c4c317b98ab2f94029924772120..2638526338a80c5a591bc9ea44e32d350accae2a 100755
--- a/AtlasTest/DatabaseTest/IOVDbTestAlg/src/IOVDbTestAlg.cxx
+++ b/AtlasTest/DatabaseTest/IOVDbTestAlg/src/IOVDbTestAlg.cxx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2020 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2022 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 #include "IOVDbTestAlg.h"
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ StatusCode IOVDbTestAlg::printCondObjects() const {
     ATH_MSG_INFO( "in printCondObjects()" );
 
     // IOVDbTestMDTEleMap
-    const IOVDbTestMDTEleMap* elemMap;
+    const IOVDbTestMDTEleMap* elemMap = nullptr;
     ATH_CHECK( detStore()->retrieve(elemMap, "/IOVDbTest/IOVDbTestMDTEleMap") );
     ATH_MSG_INFO( "Retrieved IOVDbTestMDTEleMap " );