diff --git a/channels/chan_skinny.c b/channels/chan_skinny.c
index a089c65d82c4d4af6ab3ca9c6a152598896ef434..e875a66ee416caa0d9f520088f35b55c446ee43c 100644
--- a/channels/chan_skinny.c
+++ b/channels/chan_skinny.c
@@ -7488,6 +7488,7 @@ static void *skinny_session(void *data)
 	struct skinnysession *s = data;
 
 	int dlen = 0;
+	int eventmessage = 0;
 	struct pollfd fds[1];
 
 	if (!s) {
@@ -7544,7 +7545,8 @@ static void *skinny_session(void *data)
 				break;
 			}
 
-			if (letohl(req->e) < 0) {
+			eventmessage = letohl(req-e);
+			if (eventmessage < 0) {
 				ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Event Message is NULL from socket %d, This is bad\n", s->fd);
 				break;
 			}
diff --git a/res/res_security_log.c b/res/res_security_log.c
index e56f7f76fc09bb7a5f579efeef94b2a5d4d47913..78ca1218cd7552eb4465d98353c0d384b3ec47d1 100644
--- a/res/res_security_log.c
+++ b/res/res_security_log.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static void security_event_stasis_cb(struct ast_json *json)
 	event_type_json = ast_json_object_get(json, "SecurityEvent");
 	event_type = ast_json_integer_get(event_type_json);
 
-	ast_assert(event_type >= 0 && event_type < AST_SECURITY_EVENT_NUM_TYPES);
+	ast_assert((unsigned int)event_type < AST_SECURITY_EVENT_NUM_TYPES);
 
 	if (!(str = ast_str_thread_get(&security_event_buf,
 			SECURITY_EVENT_BUF_INIT_LEN))) {