diff --git a/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c b/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c
index 2b6605ad32..5adddf14c5 100644
--- a/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c
+++ b/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c
@@ -4056,7 +4056,7 @@ int
 main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	int ret;
-	int i;
+	int i = 0;
 #ifdef HAVE_ZPL
 	char *progname;
 #endif
diff --git a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
index b423558842..1b9fc46838 100644
--- a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
+++ b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
@@ -3925,7 +3925,7 @@ int
 main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	int ret;
-	int i;
+	int i = 0;
 	char *cmdname;
 
 	(void) setlocale(LC_ALL, "");