diff --git a/lib/keystone b/lib/keystone
index ec28b46..cdcc13a 100644
--- a/lib/keystone
+++ b/lib/keystone
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@
 
 # _config_keystone_apache_wsgi() - Set WSGI config files of Keystone
 function _config_keystone_apache_wsgi {
-    local keystone_apache_conf=$(apache_site_config_for keystone)
+    local keystone_apache_conf
+    keystone_apache_conf=$(apache_site_config_for keystone)
     local keystone_ssl=""
     local keystone_certfile=""
     local keystone_keyfile=""
@@ -347,9 +348,12 @@
 function create_keystone_accounts {
 
     # admin
-    local admin_tenant=$(get_or_create_project "admin" default)
-    local admin_user=$(get_or_create_user "admin" "$ADMIN_PASSWORD" default)
-    local admin_role=$(get_or_create_role "admin")
+    local admin_tenant
+    admin_tenant=$(get_or_create_project "admin" default)
+    local admin_user
+    admin_user=$(get_or_create_user "admin" "$ADMIN_PASSWORD" default)
+    local admin_role
+    admin_role=$(get_or_create_role "admin")
     get_or_add_user_project_role $admin_role $admin_user $admin_tenant
 
     # Create service project/role
@@ -365,18 +369,23 @@
     get_or_create_role ResellerAdmin
 
     # The Member role is used by Horizon and Swift so we need to keep it:
-    local member_role=$(get_or_create_role "Member")
+    local member_role
+    member_role=$(get_or_create_role "Member")
 
     # another_role demonstrates that an arbitrary role may be created and used
     # TODO(sleepsonthefloor): show how this can be used for rbac in the future!
-    local another_role=$(get_or_create_role "anotherrole")
+    local another_role
+    another_role=$(get_or_create_role "anotherrole")
 
     # invisible tenant - admin can't see this one
-    local invis_tenant=$(get_or_create_project "invisible_to_admin" default)
+    local invis_tenant
+    invis_tenant=$(get_or_create_project "invisible_to_admin" default)
 
     # demo
-    local demo_tenant=$(get_or_create_project "demo" default)
-    local demo_user=$(get_or_create_user "demo" \
+    local demo_tenant
+    demo_tenant=$(get_or_create_project "demo" default)
+    local demo_user
+    demo_user=$(get_or_create_user "demo" \
         "$ADMIN_PASSWORD" "default" "demo@example.com")
 
     get_or_add_user_project_role $member_role $demo_user $demo_tenant
@@ -384,9 +393,11 @@
     get_or_add_user_project_role $another_role $demo_user $demo_tenant
     get_or_add_user_project_role $member_role $demo_user $invis_tenant
 
-    local admin_group=$(get_or_create_group "admins" \
+    local admin_group
+    admin_group=$(get_or_create_group "admins" \
         "default" "openstack admin group")
-    local non_admin_group=$(get_or_create_group "nonadmins" \
+    local non_admin_group
+    non_admin_group=$(get_or_create_group "nonadmins" \
         "default" "non-admin group")
 
     get_or_add_group_project_role $member_role $non_admin_group $demo_tenant
@@ -415,7 +426,8 @@
 function create_service_user {
     local role=${2:-service}
 
-    local user=$(get_or_create_user "$1" "$SERVICE_PASSWORD" default)
+    local user
+    user=$(get_or_create_user "$1" "$SERVICE_PASSWORD" default)
     get_or_add_user_project_role "$role" "$user" "$SERVICE_TENANT_NAME"
 }