diff --git a/apps/mpeg.c b/apps/mpeg.c
index 5e2816f633..6dd55b741c 100644
--- a/apps/mpeg.c
+++ b/apps/mpeg.c
@@ -2650,7 +2650,6 @@ void audio_set_recording_gain(int left, int right, int type)
 void audio_init_recording(void)
 {
     /* a dummy */
-    (void)buffer_offset;
 }
 void audio_set_recording_options(struct audio_recording_options *options)
 {
diff --git a/apps/talk.c b/apps/talk.c
index 0211bcc1f8..f32e1b6e0b 100644
--- a/apps/talk.c
+++ b/apps/talk.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ static void load_voicefile(bool probe, char* buf, size_t bufsize)
     union voicebuf voicebuf;
 
     size_t load_size, alloc_size;
-    int got_size;
+    ssize_t got_size;
 #ifndef TALK_PARTIAL_LOAD
     size_t file_size;
 #endif
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ static void load_voicefile(bool probe, char* buf, size_t bufsize)
 #endif
 
     got_size = read(filehandle, voicebuf.buf, load_size);
-    if (got_size != load_size /* failure */)
+    if (got_size != (ssize_t)load_size /* failure */)
         goto load_err;
 
     alloc_size = load_size;
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static void load_voicefile(bool probe, char* buf, size_t bufsize)
 #endif
 
     got_size = read(filehandle, &p_voicefile->index[0], load_size);
-    if (got_size != load_size) /* read error */
+    if (got_size != (ssize_t)load_size) /* read error */
         goto load_err;
 
     alloc_size += load_size;