diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/pkcs7.c b/wolfcrypt/src/pkcs7.c
index 643bc4b1545..7b9382f4b85 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/pkcs7.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/pkcs7.c
@@ -5693,7 +5693,6 @@ static int wc_PKCS7_HandleOctetStrings(wc_PKCS7* pkcs7, byte* in, word32 inSz,
                         WOLFSSL_MSG("failed to grow content buffer.");
                             if (tempBuf != NULL) {
                         XFREE(tempBuf, pkcs7->heap, DYNAMIC_TYPE_PKCS7);
-                        tempBuf = NULL;
                             }
                         ret = MEMORY_E;
                         break;
@@ -5707,7 +5706,6 @@ static int wc_PKCS7_HandleOctetStrings(wc_PKCS7* pkcs7, byte* in, word32 inSz,
                                                        pkcs7->stream->expected);
                         if (tempBuf != NULL) {
                             XFREE(tempBuf, pkcs7->heap, DYNAMIC_TYPE_PKCS7);
-                            tempBuf = NULL;
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/ripemd.c b/wolfcrypt/src/ripemd.c
index 9c513e5fed4..0a909c4b5d6 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/ripemd.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/ripemd.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ int wc_RipeMdFinal(RipeMd* ripemd, byte* hash)
     AddLength(ripemd, ripemd->buffLen);               /* before adding pads */
 
     /* ensure we have a valid buffer length; */
-    if (ripemd->buffLen > RIPEMD_BLOCK_SIZE) {
+    if (ripemd->buffLen >= RIPEMD_BLOCK_SIZE) {
         /* exit with error code if there's a bad buffer size in buffLen */
         return BAD_STATE_E;
     } /* buffLen check */