diff --git a/src/linux/addr2line.h b/src/linux/addr2line.h
index bd08ced2..8d3c5907 100644
--- a/src/linux/addr2line.h
+++ b/src/linux/addr2line.h
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ get_native_frame(const char *file_name, bfd_vma addr, key_dt frame_key)
     bfd_map_over_sections(abfd, find_address_in_section, NULL);
 
     const char *name;
-    char *alloc = NULL;
 
     name = functionname;
     if (name == NULL || *name == '\0')
@@ -214,7 +213,7 @@ get_native_frame(const char *file_name, bfd_vma addr, key_dt frame_key)
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBERTY
     else
     {
-        alloc = bfd_demangle(abfd, name, DMGL_PARAMS | DMGL_ANSI);
+        char *alloc = bfd_demangle(abfd, name, DMGL_PARAMS | DMGL_ANSI);
         if (alloc != NULL)
             name = alloc;
     }
diff --git a/src/py_proc_list.c b/src/py_proc_list.c
index f5643311..7fc682a7 100644
--- a/src/py_proc_list.c
+++ b/src/py_proc_list.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ py_proc_list__update(py_proc_list_t * self) {
   for (;;) {
     // This code is inspired by the ps util
     ent = readdir(proc_dir);
-    if (!ent || !ent->d_name) break;
+    if (!ent) break;
     if ((*ent->d_name <= '0') || (*ent->d_name > '9')) continue;
 
     unsigned long pid = strtoul(ent->d_name, NULL, 10);