diff --git a/hw/block/xen_blkif.h b/hw/block/xen_blkif.h
index 711b692742..c68487cb31 100644
--- a/hw/block/xen_blkif.h
+++ b/hw/block/xen_blkif.h
@@ -85,8 +85,10 @@ static inline void blkif_get_x86_32_req(blkif_request_t *dst, blkif_x86_32_reque
 		d->nr_sectors = s->nr_sectors;
 		return;
 	}
-	if (n > src->nr_segments)
-		n = src->nr_segments;
+	/* prevent the compiler from optimizing the code and using src->nr_segments instead */
+	barrier();
+	if (n > dst->nr_segments)
+		n = dst->nr_segments;
 	for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
 		dst->seg[i] = src->seg[i];
 }
@@ -106,8 +108,10 @@ static inline void blkif_get_x86_64_req(blkif_request_t *dst, blkif_x86_64_reque
 		d->nr_sectors = s->nr_sectors;
 		return;
 	}
-	if (n > src->nr_segments)
-		n = src->nr_segments;
+	/* prevent the compiler from optimizing the code and using src->nr_segments instead */
+	barrier();
+	if (n > dst->nr_segments)
+		n = dst->nr_segments;
 	for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
 		dst->seg[i] = src->seg[i];
 }
diff --git a/hw/display/xenfb.c b/hw/display/xenfb.c
index 5e324ef62d..4e2a27a3d6 100644
--- a/hw/display/xenfb.c
+++ b/hw/display/xenfb.c
@@ -784,18 +784,20 @@ static void xenfb_invalidate(void *opaque)
 
 static void xenfb_handle_events(struct XenFB *xenfb)
 {
-    uint32_t prod, cons;
+    uint32_t prod, cons, out_cons;
     struct xenfb_page *page = xenfb->c.page;
 
     prod = page->out_prod;
-    if (prod == page->out_cons)
+    out_cons = page->out_cons;
+    if (prod == out_cons)
 	return;
     xen_rmb();		/* ensure we see ring contents up to prod */
-    for (cons = page->out_cons; cons != prod; cons++) {
+    for (cons = out_cons; cons != prod; cons++) {
 	union xenfb_out_event *event = &XENFB_OUT_RING_REF(page, cons);
+        uint8_t type = event->type;
 	int x, y, w, h;
 
-	switch (event->type) {
+	switch (type) {
 	case XENFB_TYPE_UPDATE:
 	    if (xenfb->up_count == UP_QUEUE)
 		xenfb->up_fullscreen = 1;