diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 428b491a7d..d40af312fa 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -3685,7 +3685,7 @@ struct SpaprDimmState {
 static SpaprDimmState *spapr_pending_dimm_unplugs_find(SpaprMachineState *s,
                                                        PCDIMMDevice *dimm)
 {
-    SpaprDimmState *dimm_state = NULL;
+    SpaprDimmState *dimm_state;
 
     QTAILQ_FOREACH(dimm_state, &s->pending_dimm_unplugs, next) {
         if (dimm_state->dimm == dimm) {
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c
index 1a21ac7bbf..ab23e3f477 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ static void rtas_event_log_queue(SpaprMachineState *spapr,
 static SpaprEventLogEntry *rtas_event_log_dequeue(SpaprMachineState *spapr,
                                                   uint32_t event_mask)
 {
-    SpaprEventLogEntry *entry = NULL;
+    SpaprEventLogEntry *entry;
 
     QTAILQ_FOREACH(entry, &spapr->pending_events, next) {
         const SpaprEventSource *source =
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ static SpaprEventLogEntry *rtas_event_log_dequeue(SpaprMachineState *spapr,
 
 static bool rtas_event_log_contains(SpaprMachineState *spapr, uint32_t event_mask)
 {
-    SpaprEventLogEntry *entry = NULL;
+    SpaprEventLogEntry *entry;
 
     QTAILQ_FOREACH(entry, &spapr->pending_events, next) {
         const SpaprEventSource *source =
diff --git a/net/colo-compare.c b/net/colo-compare.c
index c356419d6a..abc1326b70 100644
--- a/net/colo-compare.c
+++ b/net/colo-compare.c
@@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ static void colo_compare_init(Object *obj)
 
 void colo_compare_cleanup(void)
 {
-    CompareState *tmp = NULL;
+    CompareState *tmp;
     CompareState *n = NULL;
 
     QTAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(tmp, &net_compares, next, n) {
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ void colo_compare_cleanup(void)
 static void colo_compare_finalize(Object *obj)
 {
     CompareState *s = COLO_COMPARE(obj);
-    CompareState *tmp = NULL;
+    CompareState *tmp;
 
     qemu_mutex_lock(&colo_compare_mutex);
     QTAILQ_FOREACH(tmp, &net_compares, next) {
diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c
index a176936f9b..2892f1730d 100644
--- a/net/net.c
+++ b/net/net.c
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ static ssize_t filter_receive_iov(NetClientState *nc,
                                   NetPacketSent *sent_cb)
 {
     ssize_t ret = 0;
-    NetFilterState *nf = NULL;
+    NetFilterState *nf;
 
     if (direction == NET_FILTER_DIRECTION_TX) {
         QTAILQ_FOREACH(nf, &nc->filters, next) {
diff --git a/target/s390x/kvm/stsi-topology.c b/target/s390x/kvm/stsi-topology.c
index c8d6389cd8..301d41b68d 100644
--- a/target/s390x/kvm/stsi-topology.c
+++ b/target/s390x/kvm/stsi-topology.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static void s390_topology_fill_list_sorted(S390TopologyList *topology_list)
  */
 static void s390_topology_empty_list(S390TopologyList *topology_list)
 {
-    S390TopologyEntry *entry = NULL;
+    S390TopologyEntry *entry;
     S390TopologyEntry *tmp = NULL;
 
     QTAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(entry, topology_list, next, tmp) {