diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_xdk.c b/frontend/drivers/platform_xdk.c
index 82e68124f0..bbe5eba8a7 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_xdk.c
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_xdk.c
@@ -232,9 +232,9 @@ static void frontend_xdk_exec(const char *path, bool should_load_game)
    bool original_verbose       = verbosity_is_enabled();
 #endif
 #if defined(_XBOX1)
-   LAUNCH_DATA ptr;
+   LAUNCH_DATA ptr             = NULL;
 #elif defined(_XBOX360)
-   char game_path[1024] = {0};
+   char game_path[1024]        = {0};
 #endif
    (void)should_load_game;