diff --git a/src/rpc/virnetserver.c b/src/rpc/virnetserver.c
index 0ef81fd180c86e65456906e3148e0010fb7990f3..5e1719bec57070bb1816bac478c5242a3cd9edb9 100644
--- a/src/rpc/virnetserver.c
+++ b/src/rpc/virnetserver.c
@@ -529,11 +529,10 @@ int virNetServerAddService(virNetServerPtr srv,
 #if HAVE_AVAHI
     if (mdnsEntryName) {
         int port = virNetServerServiceGetPort(svc);
-        virNetServerMDNSEntryPtr entry;
 
-        if (!(entry = virNetServerMDNSAddEntry(srv->mdnsGroup,
-                                               mdnsEntryName,
-                                               port)))
+        if (!virNetServerMDNSAddEntry(srv->mdnsGroup,
+                                      mdnsEntryName,
+                                      port))
             goto error;
     }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/util/sysinfo.c b/src/util/sysinfo.c
index f4edde9f4dab652b642a33dc4a52344038cf8b36..eec996bcde2335f4f918abcc7bf0b0683a85ad70 100644
--- a/src/util/sysinfo.c
+++ b/src/util/sysinfo.c
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ virSysinfoRead(void) {
 
     ret->nmemory = 0;
     ret->memory = NULL;
-    if ((base = virSysinfoParseMemory(base, ret)) == NULL)
+    if (virSysinfoParseMemory(base, ret) == NULL)
         goto no_memory;
 
 cleanup: