diff --git a/libr/cons/pal.c b/libr/cons/pal.c
index b5fe50b5be..d7c70660ed 100644
--- a/libr/cons/pal.c
+++ b/libr/cons/pal.c
@@ -122,16 +122,23 @@ R_API char *r_cons_pal_parse(const char *str) {
 		return r_cons_color_random (0);
 	}
 	if (!strncmp (s, "rgb:", 4)) {
+		int correct = 0;
 		if (length == 7) {
 			r = rgbnum (s[4],s[4]);
 			g = rgbnum (s[5],s[5]);
 			b = rgbnum (s[6],s[6]);
+			correct = 1;
 		} else if (length == 10) {
 			r = rgbnum(s[4],s[5]);
 			g = rgbnum(s[6],s[7]);
 			b = rgbnum(s[8],s[9]);
+			correct = 1;
+		}
+		if (correct) {
+			r_cons_rgb_str (out, r, g, b, 0);
+		} else {
+			eprintf ("Invalid rgb string (%s)\n", str);
 		}
-		r_cons_rgb_str (out, r, g, b, 0);
 	}
 	for (i=0; colors[i].name; i++) {
 		if (!strcmp (s, colors[i].name))
diff --git a/shlr/sdb/src/util.c b/shlr/sdb/src/util.c
index 123aedd65e..511f63ad78 100644
--- a/shlr/sdb/src/util.c
+++ b/shlr/sdb/src/util.c
@@ -143,9 +143,10 @@ SDB_API char *sdb_anext(char *str, char **next) {
 }
 
 SDB_API const char *sdb_const_anext(const char *str, const char **next) {
-	const char *p = strchr (str, SDB_RS);
-	const char *nxt = p? p+1: NULL;
-	if (next) *next = nxt;
+	if (next) {
+		const char *p = strchr (str, SDB_RS);
+		*next = p? p+1: NULL;
+	}
 	return str;
 }