From a6e57cc818ff000decaa4f736df32073a818cfc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andezion <245122@edu.p.lodz.pl>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:50:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] lightningd: initialize error pointer in connect_activate_subd
 and handle_splice_abort

Fixes #9442

Changelog-None
---
 lightningd/channel_control.c | 2 +-
 lightningd/peer_control.c    | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lightningd/channel_control.c b/lightningd/channel_control.c
index 202f0103990e..5eeb966dee91 100644
--- a/lightningd/channel_control.c
+++ b/lightningd/channel_control.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static void handle_splice_abort(struct lightningd *ld,
 	struct bitcoin_outpoint *outpoint;
 	struct channel_inflight *inflight;
 	char *reason;
-	const u8 *error;
+	const u8 *error = NULL;
 	struct peer_fd *pfd;
 	int other_fd;
 
diff --git a/lightningd/peer_control.c b/lightningd/peer_control.c
index 1134bca48d70..7e83f2d6cc4f 100644
--- a/lightningd/peer_control.c
+++ b/lightningd/peer_control.c
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ static bool ignore_idle_channel(const struct lightningd *ld,
 /* Talk to connectd about an active channel */
 static void connect_activate_subd(struct lightningd *ld, struct channel *channel)
 {
-	const u8 *error;
+	const u8 *error = NULL;
 	struct peer_fd *pfd;
 	int other_fd;