diff --git a/base/file.cpp b/base/file.cpp
index 6321fc624..97cc2b27f 100644
--- a/base/file.cpp
+++ b/base/file.cpp
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ bool ReadFdToString(borrowed_fd fd, std::string* content) {
     content->reserve(sb.st_size);
   }
 
-  char buf[BUFSIZ];
+  char buf[BUFSIZ] __attribute__((__uninitialized__));
   ssize_t n;
   while ((n = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(fd.get(), &buf[0], sizeof(buf)))) > 0) {
     content->append(buf, n);
diff --git a/base/logging.cpp b/base/logging.cpp
index 6e9c67fc4..5bd21da66 100644
--- a/base/logging.cpp
+++ b/base/logging.cpp
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static void KernelLogLine(const char* msg, int length, android::base::LogSeverit
   // The kernel's printk buffer is only 1024 bytes.
   // TODO: should we automatically break up long lines into multiple lines?
   // Or we could log but with something like "..." at the end?
-  char buf[1024];
+  char buf[1024] __attribute__((__uninitialized__));
   size_t size = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "<%d>%s: %.*s\n", level, tag, length, msg);
   if (size > sizeof(buf)) {
     size = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "<%d>%s: %zu-byte message too long for printk\n",
diff --git a/base/stringprintf.cpp b/base/stringprintf.cpp
index 78e1e8d14..e83ab1316 100644
--- a/base/stringprintf.cpp
+++ b/base/stringprintf.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace base {
 
 void StringAppendV(std::string* dst, const char* format, va_list ap) {
   // First try with a small fixed size buffer
-  char space[1024];
+  char space[1024] __attribute__((__uninitialized__));
 
   // It's possible for methods that use a va_list to invalidate
   // the data in it upon use.  The fix is to make a copy