diff --git a/gio/completion/gdbus b/gio/completion/gdbus
index abfb44256..fea093271 100644
--- a/gio/completion/gdbus
+++ b/gio/completion/gdbus
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@
 
 __gdbus() {
     local IFS=$'\n'
-    local cur="$(_get_cword :)"
+    local cur
+    cur="$(_get_cword :)"
 
-    local suggestions="$(gdbus complete "${COMP_LINE}" "${COMP_POINT}")"
+    local suggestions
+    suggestions="$(gdbus complete "${COMP_LINE}" "${COMP_POINT}")"
     COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "$suggestions" -- "$cur"))
 
     # Remove colon-word prefix from COMPREPLY items
diff --git a/gio/completion/gio b/gio/completion/gio
index 4a4f4aff1..590dd53ee 100644
--- a/gio/completion/gio
+++ b/gio/completion/gio
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ __gio_location() {
     local name size type
     while IFS=$'\t' read name size type; do
         # Escape name properly
-        local escaped_name="$(printf "%q" "$name")"
+        local escaped_name
+        escaped_name="$(printf "%q" "$name")"
 
         # Append slash for directories and space for files
         if [[ "$type" == "(directory)" ]]; then