diff --git a/include/enet/win32.h b/include/enet/win32.h
index e73ca9d0..6fbd7c02 100644
--- a/include/enet/win32.h
+++ b/include/enet/win32.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #pragma warning (disable: 4244) // 64bit to 32bit int
 #pragma warning (disable: 4018) // signed/unsigned mismatch
 #pragma warning (disable: 4146) // unary minus operator applied to unsigned type
+#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
+#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
 #endif
 #endif
 
diff --git a/peer.c b/peer.c
index 9370ef4b..32f9809f 100644
--- a/peer.c
+++ b/peer.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ enet_peer_throttle (ENetPeer * peer, enet_uint32 rtt)
 int
 enet_peer_send (ENetPeer * peer, enet_uint8 channelID, ENetPacket * packet)
 {
-   ENetChannel * channel = & peer -> channels [channelID];
+   ENetChannel * channel;
    ENetProtocol command;
    size_t fragmentLength;
 
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ enet_peer_send (ENetPeer * peer, enet_uint8 channelID, ENetPacket * packet)
        packet -> dataLength > peer -> host -> maximumPacketSize)
      return -1;
 
+   channel = & peer -> channels [channelID];
    fragmentLength = peer -> mtu - sizeof (ENetProtocolHeader) - sizeof (ENetProtocolSendFragment);
    if (peer -> host -> checksum != NULL)
      fragmentLength -= sizeof(enet_uint32);
diff --git a/protocol.c b/protocol.c
index 9d654f1d..8b3c3db6 100644
--- a/protocol.c
+++ b/protocol.c
@@ -1390,8 +1390,8 @@ enet_protocol_check_outgoing_commands (ENetHost * host, ENetPeer * peer)
     ENetBuffer * buffer = & host -> buffers [host -> bufferCount];
     ENetOutgoingCommand * outgoingCommand;
     ENetListIterator currentCommand;
-    ENetChannel *channel;
-    enet_uint16 reliableWindow;
+    ENetChannel *channel = NULL;
+    enet_uint16 reliableWindow = 0;
     size_t commandSize;
     int windowExceeded = 0, windowWrap = 0, canPing = 1;