diff --git a/libvo/vo_fbdev.c b/libvo/vo_fbdev.c
index 20d48bc59a..7ae113171d 100644
--- a/libvo/vo_fbdev.c
+++ b/libvo/vo_fbdev.c
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ static int config(uint32_t width, uint32_t height, uint32_t d_width,
 
     fb_line_len = fb_finfo.line_length;
     fb_size     = fb_finfo.smem_len;
-    frame_buffer = NULL;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_VIDIX
     if (vidix_name) {
         unsigned image_width, image_height, x_offset, y_offset;
diff --git a/libvo/vo_wii.c b/libvo/vo_wii.c
index d27fe9c566..c0c5aca53c 100644
--- a/libvo/vo_wii.c
+++ b/libvo/vo_wii.c
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ static int config(uint32_t width, uint32_t height, uint32_t d_width,
 
   fb_line_len = fb_finfo.line_length;
   fb_size     = fb_finfo.smem_len;
-  frame_buffer = NULL;
 
   frame_buffer = (uint8_t *) mmap(0, fb_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
                                   MAP_SHARED, fb_dev_fd, 0);