diff --git a/apache2/re_operators.c b/apache2/re_operators.c
index ad4d2b30..196c9a03 100644
--- a/apache2/re_operators.c
+++ b/apache2/re_operators.c
@@ -3808,6 +3808,7 @@ static int msre_op_fuzzy_hash_execute(modsec_rec *msr, msre_rule *rule,
 #ifdef WITH_SSDEEP
     char result[FUZZY_MAX_RESULT];
     struct fuzzy_hash_param_data *param = rule->op_param_data;
+    FILE *fp;
     char line[1024];
 #endif
 
@@ -3827,7 +3828,7 @@ static int msre_op_fuzzy_hash_execute(modsec_rec *msr, msre_rule *rule,
         return -1;
     }
 
-    FILE *fp = fopen(param->file, "r");
+    fp = fopen(param->file, "r");
     if (!fp)
     {
         *error_msg = apr_psprintf(rule->ruleset->mp, "Not able to open " \
diff --git a/apache2/re_variables.c b/apache2/re_variables.c
index 2d615e99..b83af1c6 100644
--- a/apache2/re_variables.c
+++ b/apache2/re_variables.c
@@ -1165,6 +1165,7 @@ static int var_files_tmp_contents_generate(modsec_rec *msr, msre_var *var,
                 size_t nread;
                 char *full_content = NULL;
                 size_t total_lenght = 0;
+                msre_var *rvar = NULL;
 
                 file = fopen(parts[i]->tmp_file_name, "r");
                 if (file == NULL)
@@ -1187,7 +1188,7 @@ static int var_files_tmp_contents_generate(modsec_rec *msr, msre_var *var,
                 }
                 fclose(file);
 
-                msre_var *rvar = apr_pmemdup(mptmp, var, sizeof(msre_var));
+                rvar = apr_pmemdup(mptmp, var, sizeof(msre_var));
                 rvar->value = full_content;
                 rvar->value_len = total_lenght;
                 rvar->name = apr_psprintf(mptmp, "FILES_TMP_CONTENT:%s",