diff --git a/cig/cig.scm b/cig/cig.scm
index 2a0ef0e..74af388 100644
--- a/cig/cig.scm
+++ b/cig/cig.scm
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@
     (format #f (rep:c-decl i) outer-type)))
 
 (define (info->var-decl i var)
-  (format #f "~%    ~a;" ; statement-ize decl.
+  (format #f "~%    ~a = 0;" ; statement-ize decl.
 	  (format #f (rep:c-decl i) var))) ; decl-ize var.
 
 (define (make-gensym prefix i)
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@
 
 (define ret1-decl
   "
-    s48_value ret1;")
+    s48_value ret1 = S48_FALSE;")
 
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