int hv_ringbuffer_write(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
                        const struct kvec *kv_list, u32 kv_count)
 {
-       int i = 0;
+       int i;
        u32 bytes_avail_towrite;
-       u32 totalbytes_towrite = 0;
-
+       u32 totalbytes_towrite = sizeof(u64);
        u32 next_write_location;
        u32 old_write;
-       u64 prev_indices = 0;
-       unsigned long flags = 0;
+       u64 prev_indices;
+       unsigned long flags;
        struct hv_ring_buffer_info *outring_info = &channel->outbound;
 
        if (channel->rescind)
        for (i = 0; i < kv_count; i++)
                totalbytes_towrite += kv_list[i].iov_len;
 
-       totalbytes_towrite += sizeof(u64);
-
        spin_lock_irqsave(&outring_info->ring_lock, flags);
 
        bytes_avail_towrite = hv_get_bytes_to_write(outring_info);
                       u64 *requestid, bool raw)
 {
        u32 bytes_avail_toread;
-       u32 next_read_location = 0;
+       u32 next_read_location;
        u64 prev_indices = 0;
        struct vmpacket_descriptor desc;
        u32 offset;