diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index 179f214c9e..e7b0393bfc 100644
--- a/sha1_name.c
+++ b/sha1_name.c
@@ -1511,6 +1511,7 @@ static int get_sha1_with_context_1(const char *name,
 
 	memset(oc, 0, sizeof(*oc));
 	oc->mode = S_IFINVALID;
+	strbuf_init(&oc->symlink_path, 0);
 	ret = get_sha1_1(name, namelen, sha1, flags);
 	if (!ret)
 		return ret;
diff --git a/tree-walk.c b/tree-walk.c
index ff77605680..c7ecfc8560 100644
--- a/tree-walk.c
+++ b/tree-walk.c
@@ -589,7 +589,6 @@ enum follow_symlinks_result get_tree_entry_follow_symlinks(unsigned char *tree_s
 	int i;
 
 	init_tree_desc(&t, NULL, 0UL);
-	strbuf_init(result_path, 0);
 	strbuf_addstr(&namebuf, name);
 	hashcpy(current_tree_sha1, tree_sha1);