diff --git a/src/common/event.cpp b/src/common/event.cpp
index 461b6fe5e7..2a4ff7954e 100644
--- a/src/common/event.cpp
+++ b/src/common/event.cpp
@@ -1394,9 +1394,15 @@ bool wxEvtHandler::SafelyProcessEvent(wxEvent& event)
     }
     catch ( ... )
     {
-        wxEventLoopBase *loop = wxEventLoopBase::GetActive();
+        // notice that we do it in 2 steps to avoid warnings about possibly
+        // uninitialized loop variable from some versions of g++ which are not
+        // smart enough to figure out that GetActive() doesn't throw and so
+        // that loop will always be initialized
+        wxEventLoopBase *loop = NULL;
         try
         {
+            loop = wxEventLoopBase::GetActive();
+
             if ( !wxTheApp || !wxTheApp->OnExceptionInMainLoop() )
             {
                 if ( loop )
diff --git a/src/html/m_tables.cpp b/src/html/m_tables.cpp
index b111abed67..d1971d0fb1 100644
--- a/src/html/m_tables.cpp
+++ b/src/html/m_tables.cpp
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ TAG_HANDLER_BEGIN(TABLE, "TABLE,TR,TD,TH")
                 m_WParser->OpenContainer();
 
                 // the header should be rendered in bold by default
-                int boldOld wxDUMMY_INITIALIZE(0);
+                int boldOld = 0;
                 if ( isHeader )
                 {
                     boldOld = m_WParser->GetFontBold();