diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp6-client.c b/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp6-client.c
index 66499f7be0..37f3c39d5a 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp6-client.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp6-client.c
@@ -1695,7 +1695,7 @@ int sd_dhcp6_client_is_running(sd_dhcp6_client *client) {
 
 int sd_dhcp6_client_start(sd_dhcp6_client *client) {
         enum DHCP6State state = DHCP6_STATE_SOLICITATION;
-        int r = 0;
+        int r;
 
         assert_return(client, -EINVAL);
         assert_return(client->event, -EINVAL);
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-hwdb/hwdb-util.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-hwdb/hwdb-util.c
index 5c7521695e..1b642b6851 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-hwdb/hwdb-util.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-hwdb/hwdb-util.c
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ static int import_file(struct trie *trie, const char *filename, uint16_t file_pr
         _cleanup_fclose_ FILE *f = NULL;
         _cleanup_strv_free_ char **match_list = NULL;
         uint32_t line_number = 0;
-        int r = 0, err;
+        int r, err;
 
         f = fopen(filename, "re");
         if (!f)
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-resolve/test-resolve.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-resolve/test-resolve.c
index 38a78ee8a2..d2798e7042 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-resolve/test-resolve.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-resolve/test-resolve.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static int getnameinfo_handler(sd_resolve_query *q, int ret, const char *host, c
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         _cleanup_(sd_resolve_query_unrefp) sd_resolve_query *q1 = NULL, *q2 = NULL;
         _cleanup_(sd_resolve_unrefp) sd_resolve *resolve = NULL;
-        int r = 0;
+        int r;
 
         struct addrinfo hints = {
                 .ai_family = PF_UNSPEC,
diff --git a/src/login/logind-core.c b/src/login/logind-core.c
index 480ec1927b..e0d61f3e75 100644
--- a/src/login/logind-core.c
+++ b/src/login/logind-core.c
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ int config_parse_n_autovts(
 
 static int vt_is_busy(unsigned vtnr) {
         struct vt_stat vt_stat;
-        int r = 0;
+        int r;
         _cleanup_close_ int fd;
 
         assert(vtnr >= 1);
diff --git a/src/login/logind-session.c b/src/login/logind-session.c
index 8e8a1666ac..e323d0e6de 100644
--- a/src/login/logind-session.c
+++ b/src/login/logind-session.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static void session_save_devices(Session *s, FILE *f) {
 int session_save(Session *s) {
         _cleanup_free_ char *temp_path = NULL;
         _cleanup_fclose_ FILE *f = NULL;
-        int r = 0;
+        int r;
 
         assert(s);
 
diff --git a/src/machine/machined.c b/src/machine/machined.c
index a884f3de9b..8ea857eb48 100644
--- a/src/machine/machined.c
+++ b/src/machine/machined.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static int manager_add_host_machine(Manager *m) {
 static int manager_enumerate_machines(Manager *m) {
         _cleanup_closedir_ DIR *d = NULL;
         struct dirent *de;
-        int r = 0;
+        int r;
 
         assert(m);
 
diff --git a/src/network/generator/main.c b/src/network/generator/main.c
index 75bd2b4b3c..6662df34c1 100644
--- a/src/network/generator/main.c
+++ b/src/network/generator/main.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static int context_save(Context *context) {
         NetDev *netdev;
         Link *link;
         Iterator i;
-        int k, r = 0;
+        int k, r;
         const char *p;
 
         p = prefix_roota(arg_root, NETWORKD_UNIT_DIRECTORY);
diff --git a/src/shared/module-util.c b/src/shared/module-util.c
index 3e64d423c8..e1d394c0e1 100644
--- a/src/shared/module-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/module-util.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ int module_load_and_warn(struct kmod_ctx *ctx, const char *module, bool verbose)
         const int probe_flags = KMOD_PROBE_APPLY_BLACKLIST;
         struct kmod_list *itr;
         _cleanup_(kmod_module_unref_listp) struct kmod_list *modlist = NULL;
-        int r = 0;
+        int r;
 
         /* verbose==true means we should log at non-debug level if we
          * fail to find or load the module. */
diff --git a/src/shared/seccomp-util.c b/src/shared/seccomp-util.c
index 5b0ab30cff..581ca86423 100644
--- a/src/shared/seccomp-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/seccomp-util.c
@@ -1941,7 +1941,7 @@ static int seccomp_restrict_sxid(scmp_filter_ctx seccomp, mode_t m) {
          *
          * Returns error if *everything* failed, and 0 otherwise.
          */
-        int r = 0;
+        int r;
         bool any = false;
 
         r = seccomp_rule_add_exact(
diff --git a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
index 5bfbc4852a..592c27c27f 100644
--- a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
+++ b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ static int list_sockets(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
         struct socket_info *s;
         unsigned cs = 0;
         size_t size = 0;
-        int r = 0, n;
+        int r, n;
         sd_bus *bus;
 
         r = acquire_bus(BUS_MANAGER, &bus);
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ static int list_timers(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
         int n, c = 0;
         dual_timestamp nw;
         sd_bus *bus;
-        int r = 0;
+        int r;
 
         r = acquire_bus(BUS_MANAGER, &bus);
         if (r < 0)
@@ -1731,7 +1731,7 @@ static int list_dependencies_one(
 
         _cleanup_strv_free_ char **deps = NULL;
         char **c;
-        int r = 0;
+        int r;
 
         assert(bus);
         assert(name);
@@ -2397,7 +2397,7 @@ static int list_jobs(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
 static int cancel_job(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
         sd_bus *bus;
         char **name;
-        int r = 0;
+        int r;
 
         if (argc <= 1)
                 return trivial_method(argc, argv, userdata);
@@ -6973,7 +6973,7 @@ static int add_dependency(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
         UnitFileChange *changes = NULL;
         size_t n_changes = 0;
         UnitDependency dep;
-        int r = 0;
+        int r;
 
         if (!argv[1])
                 return 0;