diff --git a/src/regex/rege_dfa.c b/src/regex/rege_dfa.c
index 843c5d31b2..deac9125ae 100644
--- a/src/regex/rege_dfa.c
+++ b/src/regex/rege_dfa.c
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ chr *start;
 	struct arcp ap;
 	struct arcp lastap;
 	color co;
-
+    lastap.ss = NULL; lastap.co = 0; // WX: suppress dummy gcc warnings
 	ss = pickss(v, d, cp, start);
 	assert(!(ss->flags&LOCKED));
 
diff --git a/src/regex/regexec.c b/src/regex/regexec.c
index 41d49bdab5..42e7e18923 100644
--- a/src/regex/regexec.c
+++ b/src/regex/regexec.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ struct colormap *cm;
 		freedfa(s);
 		return v->err;
 	}
-
+    cold = NULL;// WX: fix gcc warnings about cold being possibly uninitialized
 	ret = cfindloop(v, cnfa, cm, d, s, &cold);
 
 	freedfa(d);