diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 6ce2a4e61b95040ea334fca31e5af0cacf6ba3e8..eefc7f083f879bd6d7216e1a9cbc3adbb0ec365d 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ void monitor_flush(Monitor *mon)
     buf = qstring_get_str(mon->outbuf);
     len = qstring_get_length(mon->outbuf);
 
-    if (mon && len && !mon->mux_out) {
+    if (len && !mon->mux_out) {
         rc = qemu_chr_fe_write(mon->chr, (const uint8_t *) buf, len);
         if (rc == len) {
             /* all flushed */
diff --git a/savevm.c b/savevm.c
index 31dcce975ed40827db75df2d8ef7024f022e6f97..4e0fab6cd6edc0250d5e8eb4ab42dba86b98bed1 100644
--- a/savevm.c
+++ b/savevm.c
@@ -322,13 +322,13 @@ QEMUFile *qemu_popen_cmd(const char *command, const char *mode)
     FILE *stdio_file;
     QEMUFileStdio *s;
 
-    stdio_file = popen(command, mode);
-    if (stdio_file == NULL) {
+    if (mode == NULL || (mode[0] != 'r' && mode[0] != 'w') || mode[1] != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "qemu_popen: Argument validity check failed\n");
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    if (mode == NULL || (mode[0] != 'r' && mode[0] != 'w') || mode[1] != 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "qemu_popen: Argument validity check failed\n");
+    stdio_file = popen(command, mode);
+    if (stdio_file == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }