diff --git a/lisp/jsonrpc.el b/lisp/jsonrpc.el
index 52ffb220d8b..3cba9636e02 100644
--- a/lisp/jsonrpc.el
+++ b/lisp/jsonrpc.el
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
     :initarg :notification-dispatcher
     :documentation "Dispatcher for remotely invoked notifications.")
    (last-error
+    :initform nil
     :accessor jsonrpc-last-error
     :documentation "Last JSONRPC error message received from endpoint.")
    (-request-continuations
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@
     :accessor jsonrpc--request-continuations
     :documentation "A hash table of request ID to continuation lambdas.")
    (-events-buffer
+    :initform nil
     :accessor jsonrpc--events-buffer
     :documentation "A buffer pretty-printing the JSONRPC events")
    (-events-buffer-scrollback-size
@@ -353,6 +355,7 @@ ignored."
     :initarg :process :accessor jsonrpc--process
     :documentation "Process object wrapped by the this connection.")
    (-expected-bytes
+    :initform nil
     :accessor jsonrpc--expected-bytes
     :documentation "How many bytes declared by server.")
    (-on-shutdown
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/eglot.el b/lisp/progmodes/eglot.el
index 48ea33c3ee1..d410367f902 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/eglot.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/eglot.el
@@ -977,15 +977,19 @@ ACTION is an LSP object of either `CodeAction' or `Command' type."
     :accessor eglot--project-nickname
     :reader eglot-project-nickname)
    (languages
+    :initform nil
     :documentation "Alist ((MODE . LANGUAGE-ID-STRING)...) of managed languages."
     :accessor eglot--languages)
    (capabilities
+    :initform nil
     :documentation "JSON object containing server capabilities."
     :accessor eglot--capabilities)
    (server-info
+    :initform nil
     :documentation "JSON object containing server info."
     :accessor eglot--server-info)
    (shutdown-requested
+    :initform nil
     :documentation "Flag set when server is shutting down."
     :accessor eglot--shutdown-requested)
    (project
@@ -1002,6 +1006,7 @@ ACTION is an LSP object of either `CodeAction' or `Command' type."
     :documentation "Map (DIR -> (WATCH ID1 ID2...)) for `didChangeWatchedFiles'."
     :initform (make-hash-table :test #'equal) :accessor eglot--file-watches)
    (managed-buffers
+    :initform nil
     :documentation "List of buffers managed by server."
     :accessor eglot--managed-buffers)
    (saved-initargs