diff --git a/src/util/string.c b/src/util/string.c
index 665ec9f58..5ca8ee299 100644
--- a/src/util/string.c
+++ b/src/util/string.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ int utfcmp(const uint16_t* utf16, const char* utf8, size_t utf16Length, size_t u
 
 char* utf16to8(const uint16_t* utf16, size_t length) {
 	char* utf8 = 0;
-	char* offset;
+	char* offset = 0;
 	char buffer[4];
 	size_t utf8TotalBytes = 0;
 	size_t utf8Length = 0;
diff --git a/src/util/vfs/vfs-lzma.c b/src/util/vfs/vfs-lzma.c
index f5907f72c..e429d7f29 100644
--- a/src/util/vfs/vfs-lzma.c
+++ b/src/util/vfs/vfs-lzma.c
@@ -148,9 +148,6 @@ off_t _vf7zSeek(struct VFile* vf, off_t offset, int whence) {
 	}
 
 	if (position <= vf7z->size) {
-		if (read < 0) {
-			return -1;
-		}
 		return vf7z->offset;
 	}