diff --git a/libs/ui/Rect.cpp b/libs/ui/Rect.cpp
index dcce21f..99cbedc 100644
--- a/libs/ui/Rect.cpp
+++ b/libs/ui/Rect.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 namespace android {
 
 const Rect Rect::INVALID_RECT{0, 0, -1, -1};
+const Rect Rect::EMPTY_RECT{0, 0, 0, 0};
 
 static inline int32_t min(int32_t a, int32_t b) {
     return (a < b) ? a : b;
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@
 }
 
 Rect Rect::reduce(const Rect& exclude) const {
-    Rect result;
+    Rect result(Rect::EMPTY_RECT);
 
     uint32_t mask = 0;
     mask |= (exclude.left   > left)   ? 1 : 0;
diff --git a/libs/ui/Region.cpp b/libs/ui/Region.cpp
index 3810da4..7792975 100644
--- a/libs/ui/Region.cpp
+++ b/libs/ui/Region.cpp
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@
     Region result;
     result.mStorage.clear();
     for (size_t r = 0; r < numRects; ++r) {
-        Rect rect;
+        Rect rect(Rect::EMPTY_RECT);
         status_t status = rect.unflatten(buffer, size);
         if (status != NO_ERROR) {
             return status;