diff --git a/miext/damage/damage.c b/miext/damage/damage.c
index 4d2d778f5..bc296f8af 100644
--- a/miext/damage/damage.c
+++ b/miext/damage/damage.c
@@ -1638,7 +1638,6 @@ miDamageDestroy(DamagePtr pDamage)
 Bool
 DamageSetup(ScreenPtr pScreen)
 {
-    DamageScrPrivPtr pScrPriv;
     PictureScreenPtr ps = GetPictureScreenIfSet(pScreen);
 
     const DamageScreenFuncsRec miFuncs = {
@@ -1661,7 +1660,7 @@ DamageSetup(ScreenPtr pScreen)
     if (!dixRegisterPrivateKey(&damageWinPrivateKeyRec, PRIVATE_WINDOW, 0))
         return FALSE;
 
-    pScrPriv = malloc(sizeof(DamageScrPrivRec));
+    DamageScrPrivPtr pScrPriv = calloc(1, sizeof(DamageScrPrivRec));
     if (!pScrPriv)
         return FALSE;
 
diff --git a/miext/rootless/rootlessScreen.c b/miext/rootless/rootlessScreen.c
index 8cf8a1c6d..72d073ec4 100644
--- a/miext/rootless/rootlessScreen.c
+++ b/miext/rootless/rootlessScreen.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ RootlessUpdateScreenPixmap(ScreenPtr pScreen)
         free(s->pixmap_data);
 
         s->pixmap_data_size = rowbytes;
-        s->pixmap_data = malloc(s->pixmap_data_size);
+        s->pixmap_data = calloc(1, s->pixmap_data_size);
         if (s->pixmap_data == NULL)
             return;
 
@@ -600,8 +600,6 @@ RootlessWakeupHandler(void *data, int result)
 static Bool
 RootlessAllocatePrivates(ScreenPtr pScreen)
 {
-    RootlessScreenRec *s;
-
     if (!dixRegisterPrivateKey
         (&rootlessGCPrivateKeyRec, PRIVATE_GC, sizeof(RootlessGCRec)))
         return FALSE;
@@ -613,17 +611,11 @@ RootlessAllocatePrivates(ScreenPtr pScreen)
         (&rootlessWindowOldPixmapPrivateKeyRec, PRIVATE_WINDOW, 0))
         return FALSE;
 
-    s = malloc(sizeof(RootlessScreenRec));
+    RootlessScreenRec *s = calloc(1, sizeof(RootlessScreenRec));
     if (!s)
         return FALSE;
     SETSCREENREC(pScreen, s);
 
-    s->pixmap_data = NULL;
-    s->pixmap_data_size = 0;
-
-    s->redisplay_timer = NULL;
-    s->redisplay_timer_set = FALSE;
-
     return TRUE;
 }
 
diff --git a/miext/rootless/rootlessWindow.c b/miext/rootless/rootlessWindow.c
index 891807320..fea3472c9 100644
--- a/miext/rootless/rootlessWindow.c
+++ b/miext/rootless/rootlessWindow.c
@@ -363,7 +363,6 @@ static RootlessWindowRec *
 RootlessEnsureFrame(WindowPtr pWin)
 {
     ScreenPtr pScreen = pWin->drawable.pScreen;
-    RootlessWindowRec *winRec;
     RegionRec shape;
     RegionPtr pShape = NULL;
 
@@ -376,8 +375,7 @@ RootlessEnsureFrame(WindowPtr pWin)
     if (pWin->drawable.class != InputOutput)
         return NULL;
 
-    winRec = malloc(sizeof(RootlessWindowRec));
-
+    RootlessWindowRec *winRec = calloc(1, sizeof(RootlessWindowRec));
     if (!winRec)
         return NULL;
 
diff --git a/miext/shadow/shadow.c b/miext/shadow/shadow.c
index d3702f523..dbd794b53 100644
--- a/miext/shadow/shadow.c
+++ b/miext/shadow/shadow.c
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ static void shadowCloseScreen(CallbackListPtr *pcbl, ScreenPtr pScreen, void *un
 Bool
 shadowSetup(ScreenPtr pScreen)
 {
-    shadowBufPtr pBuf;
 
     if (!dixRegisterPrivateKey(&shadowScrPrivateKeyRec, PRIVATE_SCREEN, 0))
         return FALSE;
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@ shadowSetup(ScreenPtr pScreen)
     if (!DamageSetup(pScreen))
         return FALSE;
 
-    pBuf = malloc(sizeof(shadowBufRec));
+    shadowBufPtr pBuf = calloc(1, sizeof(shadowBufRec));
     if (!pBuf)
         return FALSE;
     pBuf->pDamage = DamageCreate((DamageReportFunc) NULL,