diff --git a/reactos/base/applications/notepad/text.c b/reactos/base/applications/notepad/text.c
index be58d730e9e..76dd7c1af7a 100644
--- a/reactos/base/applications/notepad/text.c
+++ b/reactos/base/applications/notepad/text.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ BOOL ReadText(HANDLE hFile, LPWSTR *ppszText, DWORD *pdwTextLen, int *piEncoding
 	BOOL bSuccess = FALSE;
 	BYTE b = 0;
 	int iEncoding = ENCODING_ANSI;
-	int iCodePage;
+	int iCodePage = 0;
 	WCHAR szCrlf[2] = { '\r', '\n' };
 	DWORD adwEolnCount[3] = { 0, 0, 0 };
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static BOOL WriteEncodedText(HANDLE hFile, LPCWSTR pszText, DWORD dwTextLen, int
 	DWORD dwPos = 0;
 	DWORD dwByteCount;
 	BYTE buffer[1024];
-	UINT iCodePage;
+	UINT iCodePage = 0;
 	DWORD dwDummy, i;
 	BOOL bSuccess = FALSE;
 	int iBufferSize, iRequiredBytes;