diff --git a/builtin/rev-list.c b/builtin/rev-list.c
index d320b6f1e3..6f5b9b0847 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-list.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-list.c
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ int cmd_rev_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		mark_edges_uninteresting(&revs, show_edge);
 
 	if (bisect_list) {
-		int reaches = reaches, all = all;
+		int reaches, all;
 
 		find_bisection(&revs.commits, &reaches, &all, bisect_find_all);
 
diff --git a/fast-import.c b/fast-import.c
index 58ef360da4..b5db5d20b1 100644
--- a/fast-import.c
+++ b/fast-import.c
@@ -3005,7 +3005,7 @@ static void cat_blob(struct object_entry *oe, struct object_id *oid)
 
 static void parse_get_mark(const char *p)
 {
-	struct object_entry *oe = oe;
+	struct object_entry *oe;
 	char output[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 2];
 
 	/* get-mark SP <object> LF */
@@ -3022,7 +3022,7 @@ static void parse_get_mark(const char *p)
 
 static void parse_cat_blob(const char *p)
 {
-	struct object_entry *oe = oe;
+	struct object_entry *oe;
 	struct object_id oid;
 
 	/* cat-blob SP <object> LF */
diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index 2f232ad3b4..869092f7b9 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -2090,7 +2090,7 @@ int merge_recursive(struct merge_options *o,
 {
 	struct commit_list *iter;
 	struct commit *merged_common_ancestors;
-	struct tree *mrtree = mrtree;
+	struct tree *mrtree;
 	int clean;
 
 	if (show(o, 4)) {
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index a5dc7c7e67..59a73f4a81 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -2110,13 +2110,15 @@ static int ce_write_entry(git_hash_ctx *c, int fd, struct cache_entry *ce,
 			  struct strbuf *previous_name, struct ondisk_cache_entry *ondisk)
 {
 	int size;
-	int saved_namelen = saved_namelen; /* compiler workaround */
 	int result;
+	unsigned int saved_namelen;
+	int stripped_name = 0;
 	static unsigned char padding[8] = { 0x00 };
 
 	if (ce->ce_flags & CE_STRIP_NAME) {
 		saved_namelen = ce_namelen(ce);
 		ce->ce_namelen = 0;
+		stripped_name = 1;
 	}
 
 	if (ce->ce_flags & CE_EXTENDED)
@@ -2156,7 +2158,7 @@ static int ce_write_entry(git_hash_ctx *c, int fd, struct cache_entry *ce,
 		strbuf_splice(previous_name, common, to_remove,
 			      ce->name + common, ce_namelen(ce) - common);
 	}
-	if (ce->ce_flags & CE_STRIP_NAME) {
+	if (stripped_name) {
 		ce->ce_namelen = saved_namelen;
 		ce->ce_flags &= ~CE_STRIP_NAME;
 	}