diff --git a/lightningd/peer_htlcs.c b/lightningd/peer_htlcs.c
index 983b2b25c..fbf9da3e4 100644
--- a/lightningd/peer_htlcs.c
+++ b/lightningd/peer_htlcs.c
@@ -897,6 +897,7 @@ htlc_accepted_hook_deserialize(const tal_t *ctx,
 		      json_strdup(tmpctx, buffer, resulttok));
 	}
 
+	/* cppcheck-suppress uninitvar - false positive on fatal() above */
 	return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/wallet/wallet.c b/wallet/wallet.c
index d643c2f94..0ed551894 100644
--- a/wallet/wallet.c
+++ b/wallet/wallet.c
@@ -3741,6 +3741,7 @@ struct wallet_transaction *wallet_transactions_get(struct wallet *w, const tal_t
 			else
 				fatal("Transaction annotations are only available for inputs and outputs. Value %d", loc);
 
+			/* cppcheck-suppress uninitvar - false positive on fatal() above */
 			ann->type = db_column_int(stmt, 8);
 			if (!db_column_is_null(stmt, 9))
 				db_column_short_channel_id(stmt, 9, &ann->channel);