diff --git a/src/http.c b/src/http.c
index 6552a16..89e6d1f 100644
--- a/src/http.c
+++ b/src/http.c
@@ -1991,7 +1991,7 @@ http_response_normal(struct http_request *req, struct connection *c,
 	kore_buf_append(header_buf, http_version, http_version_len);
 
 	if ((c->flags & CONN_CLOSE_EMPTY) ||
-	    (req->flags & HTTP_VERSION_1_0)) {
+	    (req != NULL && (req->flags & HTTP_VERSION_1_0))) {
 		connection_close = 1;
 	} else {
 		connection_close = 0;
diff --git a/src/worker.c b/src/worker.c
index 9914f42..7b3fea0 100644
--- a/src/worker.c
+++ b/src/worker.c
@@ -627,6 +627,8 @@ kore_worker_keymgr_response_verify(struct kore_msg *msg, const void *data,
 	if (out == NULL)
 		return (KORE_RESULT_OK);
 
+	dom = NULL;
+
 	LIST_FOREACH(srv, &kore_servers, list) {
 		dom = NULL;