diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/compiledata.c b/src/libespeak-ng/compiledata.c
index 7047d031..83737603 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/compiledata.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/compiledata.c
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ static void CompileReport(void)
 	int procedure_num;
 	int prev_mnemonic;
 
-	if (f_report == NULL)
+	if (f_report == NULL || count_references == 0)
 		return;
 
 	// make a list of all the references and sort it
diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/dictionary.c b/src/libespeak-ng/dictionary.c
index 2b5f7b9e..2569e5b7 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/dictionary.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/dictionary.c
@@ -2822,7 +2822,7 @@ static const char *LookupDict2(Translator *tr, const char *word, const char *wor
 		}
 
 		ix = utf8_in(&c, word);
-		if ((word[ix] == 0) && !IsAlpha(c))
+		if (flags != NULL && (word[ix] == 0) && !IsAlpha(c))
 			flags[0] |= FLAG_MAX3;
 		return word_end;