diff --git a/hal/audio_extn/soundtrigger.c b/hal/audio_extn/soundtrigger.c
index 83fb72a..48b0c5b 100644
--- a/hal/audio_extn/soundtrigger.c
+++ b/hal/audio_extn/soundtrigger.c
@@ -677,7 +677,9 @@
         st_dev->sthal_prop_api_version = 0;
         status  = 0; /* passthru for backward compability */
     } else {
-        st_dev->sthal_prop_api_version = *(int*)sthal_prop_api_version;
+        if (sthal_prop_api_version != NULL) {
+            st_dev->sthal_prop_api_version = *(int*)sthal_prop_api_version;
+        }
         if (MAJOR_VERSION(st_dev->sthal_prop_api_version) !=
             MAJOR_VERSION(STHAL_PROP_API_CURRENT_VERSION)) {
             ALOGE("%s: Incompatible API versions ahal:0x%x != sthal:0x%x",
diff --git a/hal/audio_hw.c b/hal/audio_hw.c
index f31991a..41f76c6 100644
--- a/hal/audio_hw.c
+++ b/hal/audio_hw.c
@@ -2021,10 +2021,10 @@
     struct stream_out stream_out;
     audio_usecase_t hfp_ucid;
     int status = 0;
-    audio_devices_t audio_device;
-    audio_channel_mask_t channel_mask;
-    int sample_rate;
-    int acdb_id;
+    audio_devices_t audio_device = AUDIO_DEVICE_NONE;
+    audio_channel_mask_t channel_mask = AUDIO_CHANNEL_NONE;
+    int sample_rate = 0;
+    int acdb_id = 0;
 
     ALOGD("%s for use case (%s)", __func__, use_case_table[uc_id]);
 
diff --git a/hal/msm8916/platform.c b/hal/msm8916/platform.c
index d05c5ed..82fafc7 100755
--- a/hal/msm8916/platform.c
+++ b/hal/msm8916/platform.c
@@ -5113,7 +5113,8 @@
             platform->spkr_ch_map->num_ch = num_ch;
             for (i = 0; i < num_ch; i++) {
                 opts = strtok_r(NULL, ", ", &test_r);
-                platform->spkr_ch_map->chmap[i] = strtoul(opts, NULL, 16);
+                if (opts != NULL)
+                    platform->spkr_ch_map->chmap[i] = strtoul(opts, NULL, 16);
             }
         }
         str_parms_del(parms, AUDIO_PARAMETER_KEY_SPKR_DEVICE_CHMAP);
diff --git a/qahw_api/test/qahw_multi_record_test.c b/qahw_api/test/qahw_multi_record_test.c
index 18508b5..8168ccc 100644
--- a/qahw_api/test/qahw_multi_record_test.c
+++ b/qahw_api/test/qahw_multi_record_test.c
@@ -926,10 +926,10 @@
     /* Caution: Below ADL log shouldnt be altered without notifying automation APT since it used
      * for automation testing
      */
-    fprintf(log_file, "\n ADL: Done with hal record test \n");
-    if (log_file != stdout) {
-        fprintf(stdout, "\n ADL: Done with hal record test \n");
-        if (log_file) {
+    if (log_file != NULL) {
+        fprintf(log_file, "\n ADL: Done with hal record test \n");
+        if (log_file != stdout) {
+          fprintf(stdout, "\n ADL: Done with hal record test \n");
           fclose(log_file);
           log_file = NULL;
         }
diff --git a/qahw_api/test/qahw_playback_test.c b/qahw_api/test/qahw_playback_test.c
index b410006..af3cc57 100644
--- a/qahw_api/test/qahw_playback_test.c
+++ b/qahw_api/test/qahw_playback_test.c
@@ -2331,6 +2331,8 @@
             fprintf(stderr, " In Device config \n");
             send_device_config = true;
 
+            memset(&device_cfg_params, 0, sizeof(struct qahw_device_cfg_param));
+
             //Read Sample Rate
             if (optind < argc && *argv[optind] != '-') {
                  device_cfg_params.sample_rate = atoi(optarg);