diff --git a/apps/menus/main_menu.c b/apps/menus/main_menu.c
index 5e9b935937..321f2cdec4 100644
--- a/apps/menus/main_menu.c
+++ b/apps/menus/main_menu.c
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ static int info_speak_item(int selected_item, void * data)
 #ifdef HAVE_RECORDING
         case INFO_REC_DIR:
             talk_id(LANG_REC_DIR, false);
-            if (global_settings.rec_directory && global_settings.rec_directory[0])
+            if (global_settings.rec_directory[0])
             {
                 long *pathsep = NULL;
                 char rec_directory[MAX_PATHNAME+1];
diff --git a/lib/rbcodec/codecs/libgme/blip_buffer.c b/lib/rbcodec/codecs/libgme/blip_buffer.c
index ba0a6558d2..9aaa9d2482 100644
--- a/lib/rbcodec/codecs/libgme/blip_buffer.c
+++ b/lib/rbcodec/codecs/libgme/blip_buffer.c
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ void Blip_clear( struct Blip_Buffer* this )
 	this->reader_accum_ = 0;
 	this->modified      = false;
 
+#if 0	// this is redundant as buffer is static and triggers -Waddress
 	if ( this->buffer_ )
+#endif
 	{
 		int count = (entire_buffer ? this->buffer_size_ : Blip_samples_avail( this ));
 		memset( this->buffer_, 0, (count + blip_buffer_extra_) * sizeof (delta_t) );