diff --git a/tools/i2c/i2c.hpp b/tools/i2c/i2c.hpp
index 23acdbc..5a01ebf 100644
--- a/tools/i2c/i2c.hpp
+++ b/tools/i2c/i2c.hpp
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
                        InitialState initialState = InitialState::OPEN,
                        int maxRetries = 0) :
         busId(busId),
-        devAddr(devAddr), maxRetries(maxRetries)
+        devAddr(devAddr), maxRetries(maxRetries),
+        busStr("/dev/i2c-" + std::to_string(busId))
     {
-        busStr = "/dev/i2c-" + std::to_string(busId);
         if (initialState == InitialState::OPEN)
         {
             open();
diff --git a/tools/power-utils/updater.cpp b/tools/power-utils/updater.cpp
index 1ddde12..0b33c95 100644
--- a/tools/power-utils/updater.cpp
+++ b/tools/power-utils/updater.cpp
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@
         // directly read the debugfs to get the status.
         try
         {
-            auto devPath = internal::getDevicePath(p);
-            PMBus pmbus(devPath);
+            auto path = internal::getDevicePath(p);
+            PMBus pmbus(path);
             uint16_t statusWord = pmbus.read(STATUS_WORD, Type::Debug);
             auto status0Vout = pmbus.insertPageNum(STATUS_VOUT, 0);
             uint8_t voutStatus = pmbus.read(status0Vout, Type::Debug);