diff --git a/editeng/source/outliner/outlvw.cxx b/editeng/source/outliner/outlvw.cxx
index 68922aa38743..714f350271b5 100644
--- a/editeng/source/outliner/outlvw.cxx
+++ b/editeng/source/outliner/outlvw.cxx
@@ -1258,10 +1258,9 @@ sal_uLong OutlinerView::Read( SvStream& rInput,  const String& rBaseURL, EETextF
     {
         if ( eFormat == EE_FORMAT_BIN )
         {
-            sal_uInt16 nDepth = 0;
             const SfxItemSet& rAttrs = pOwner->GetParaAttribs( n );
             const SfxInt16Item& rLevel = (const SfxInt16Item&) rAttrs.Get( EE_PARA_OUTLLEVEL );
-            nDepth = rLevel.GetValue();
+            sal_uInt16 nDepth = rLevel.GetValue();
             pOwner->ImplInitDepth( n, nDepth, sal_False );
         }
 
diff --git a/editeng/source/uno/unoipset.cxx b/editeng/source/uno/unoipset.cxx
index a99ee1afd2f5..db19edd3f046 100644
--- a/editeng/source/uno/unoipset.cxx
+++ b/editeng/source/uno/unoipset.cxx
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ void SvxItemPropertySet::setPropertyValue( const SfxItemPropertySimpleEntry* pMa
 
     // Get item
     const SfxPoolItem* pItem = 0;
-    SfxPoolItem *pNewItem = 0;
     SfxItemState eState = rSet.GetItemState( pMap->nWID, sal_True, &pItem );
     SfxItemPool* pPool = rSet.GetPool();
 
@@ -197,7 +196,7 @@ void SvxItemPropertySet::setPropertyValue( const SfxItemPropertySimpleEntry* pMa
                 SvxUnoConvertFromMM( eMapUnit, aValue );
         }
 
-        pNewItem = pItem->Clone();
+        SfxPoolItem *pNewItem = pItem->Clone();
 
         sal_uInt8 nMemberId = pMap->nMemberId & (~SFX_METRIC_ITEM);
         if( eMapUnit == SFX_MAPUNIT_100TH_MM )