diff --git a/hw/display/ati.c b/hw/display/ati.c
index 8322f52aff..db409be3c9 100644
--- a/hw/display/ati.c
+++ b/hw/display/ati.c
@@ -235,12 +235,9 @@ static uint64_t ati_mm_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, unsigned int size)
     case MM_DATA ... MM_DATA + 3:
         /* indexed access to regs or memory */
         if (s->regs.mm_index & BIT(31)) {
-            if (s->regs.mm_index <= s->vga.vram_size - size) {
-                int i = size - 1;
-                while (i >= 0) {
-                    val <<= 8;
-                    val |= s->vga.vram_ptr[s->regs.mm_index + i--];
-                }
+            uint32_t idx = s->regs.mm_index & ~BIT(31);
+            if (idx <= s->vga.vram_size - size) {
+                val = ldn_le_p(s->vga.vram_ptr + idx, size);
             }
         } else {
             val = ati_mm_read(s, s->regs.mm_index + addr - MM_DATA, size);
@@ -434,12 +431,9 @@ static void ati_mm_write(void *opaque, hwaddr addr,
     case MM_DATA ... MM_DATA + 3:
         /* indexed access to regs or memory */
         if (s->regs.mm_index & BIT(31)) {
-            if (s->regs.mm_index <= s->vga.vram_size - size) {
-                int i = 0;
-                while (i < size) {
-                    s->vga.vram_ptr[s->regs.mm_index + i] = data & 0xff;
-                    data >>= 8;
-                }
+            uint32_t idx = s->regs.mm_index & ~BIT(31);
+            if (idx <= s->vga.vram_size - size) {
+                stn_le_p(s->vga.vram_ptr + idx, size, data);
             }
         } else {
             ati_mm_write(s, s->regs.mm_index + addr - MM_DATA, data, size);
diff --git a/hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c b/hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c
index 196a9f7200..81cf5ab7a5 100644
--- a/hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c
+++ b/hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ static int ohci_service_ed_list(OHCIState *ohci, uint32_t head, int completion)
     if (head == 0)
         return 0;
 
-    for (cur = head; cur; cur = next_ed) {
+    for (cur = head; cur && link_cnt++ < ED_LINK_LIMIT; cur = next_ed) {
         if (ohci_read_ed(ohci, cur, &ed)) {
             trace_usb_ohci_ed_read_error(cur);
             ohci_die(ohci);
@@ -1209,11 +1209,6 @@ static int ohci_service_ed_list(OHCIState *ohci, uint32_t head, int completion)
 
         next_ed = ed.next & OHCI_DPTR_MASK;
 
-        if (++link_cnt > ED_LINK_LIMIT) {
-            ohci_die(ohci);
-            return 0;
-        }
-
         if ((ed.head & OHCI_ED_H) || (ed.flags & OHCI_ED_K)) {
             uint32_t addr;
             /* Cancel pending packets for ED that have been paused.  */