diff --git a/res/res_json.c b/res/res_json.c
index 218c09be22711c8d6bcc46dc08659710ba754aa2..f1ebaef60c2db07f3ce89c3923b18332f2e9be8d 100644
--- a/res/res_json.c
+++ b/res/res_json.c
@@ -242,10 +242,10 @@ size_t ast_json_object_size(struct ast_json *object)
 }
 struct ast_json *ast_json_object_get(struct ast_json *object, const char *key)
 {
-	if (key) {
-		return (struct ast_json *)json_object_get((json_t *)object, key);
+	if (!key) {
+		return NULL;
 	}
-	return NULL;
+	return (struct ast_json *)json_object_get((json_t *)object, key);
 }
 int ast_json_object_set(struct ast_json *object, const char *key, struct ast_json *value)
 {
@@ -391,13 +391,16 @@ int ast_json_dump_str(struct ast_json *root, struct ast_str **dst)
 
 int ast_json_dump_file(struct ast_json *root, FILE *output)
 {
-	if (root && output) {
-		return json_dumpf((json_t *)root, output, dump_flags());
+	if (!root || !output) {
+		return -1;
 	}
-	return -1;
+	return json_dumpf((json_t *)root, output, dump_flags());
 }
 int ast_json_dump_new_file(struct ast_json *root, const char *path)
 {
+	if (!root || !path) {
+		return -1;
+	}
 	return json_dump_file((json_t *)root, path, dump_flags());
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/test_json.c b/tests/test_json.c
index f67e352848f2263d45e97bf4ccb2b64624a22de9..c4e5cc6fb40e95a985c2a410f0bd2d02f3a988b3 100644
--- a/tests/test_json.c
+++ b/tests/test_json.c
@@ -395,8 +395,6 @@ AST_TEST_DEFINE(json_test_int)
 	ast_test_validate(test, 0 == uut_res);
 	ast_test_validate(test, LLONG_MIN == ast_json_integer_get(uut));
 
-	ast_json_unref(uut);
-
 	return AST_TEST_PASS;
 }
 
@@ -461,8 +459,6 @@ AST_TEST_DEFINE(json_test_array_create)
 	ast_test_validate(test, AST_JSON_ARRAY == ast_json_typeof(uut));
 	ast_test_validate(test, 0 == ast_json_array_size(uut));
 
-	ast_json_unref(uut);
-
 	return AST_TEST_PASS;
 }
 
@@ -1406,6 +1402,27 @@ AST_TEST_DEFINE(json_test_pack)
 	return AST_TEST_PASS;
 }
 
+AST_TEST_DEFINE(json_test_pack_ownership)
+{
+	RAII_VAR(void *, alloc_debug, json_test_init(test), json_test_finish);
+	RAII_VAR(struct ast_json *, uut, NULL, ast_json_unref);
+
+	switch (cmd) {
+	case TEST_INIT:
+		info->name = "pack_ownership";
+		info->category = "/main/json/";
+		info->summary = "Testing json_pack failure conditions.";
+		info->description = "Test JSON abstraction library.";
+		return AST_TEST_NOT_RUN;
+	case TEST_EXECUTE:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	uut = ast_json_pack("[o]", ast_json_string_create("Am I freed?"));
+
+	return AST_TEST_PASS;
+}
+
 AST_TEST_DEFINE(json_test_pack_errors)
 {
 	RAII_VAR(void *, alloc_debug, json_test_init(test), json_test_finish);
@@ -1528,7 +1545,7 @@ AST_TEST_DEFINE(json_test_circular_object)
 	/* circular reference testing */
 	/* Cannot add self */
 	uut = ast_json_object_create();
-	uut_res = ast_json_object_set(uut, "myself", uut);
+	uut_res = ast_json_object_set(uut, "myself", ast_json_ref(uut));
 	ast_test_validate(test, -1 == uut_res);
 	ast_test_validate(test, 0 == ast_json_object_size(uut));
 
@@ -1553,7 +1570,8 @@ AST_TEST_DEFINE(json_test_circular_array)
 	}
 
 	uut = ast_json_array_create();
-	uut_res = ast_json_object_set(uut, "myself", uut);
+	ast_test_validate(test, 0 == ast_json_array_size(uut));
+	uut_res = ast_json_array_append(uut, ast_json_ref(uut));
 	ast_test_validate(test, -1 == uut_res);
 	ast_test_validate(test, 0 == ast_json_array_size(uut));
 
@@ -1636,6 +1654,7 @@ static int unload_module(void)
 	AST_TEST_UNREGISTER(json_test_dump_load_null);
 	AST_TEST_UNREGISTER(json_test_parse_errors);
 	AST_TEST_UNREGISTER(json_test_pack);
+	AST_TEST_UNREGISTER(json_test_pack_ownership);
 	AST_TEST_UNREGISTER(json_test_pack_errors);
 	AST_TEST_UNREGISTER(json_test_copy);
 	AST_TEST_UNREGISTER(json_test_deep_copy);
@@ -1688,6 +1707,7 @@ static int load_module(void)
 	AST_TEST_REGISTER(json_test_dump_load_null);
 	AST_TEST_REGISTER(json_test_parse_errors);
 	AST_TEST_REGISTER(json_test_pack);
+	AST_TEST_REGISTER(json_test_pack_ownership);
 	AST_TEST_REGISTER(json_test_pack_errors);
 	AST_TEST_REGISTER(json_test_copy);
 	AST_TEST_REGISTER(json_test_deep_copy);
@@ -1698,4 +1718,7 @@ static int load_module(void)
 	return AST_MODULE_LOAD_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-AST_MODULE_INFO_STANDARD(ASTERISK_GPL_KEY, "JSON testing.");
+AST_MODULE_INFO(ASTERISK_GPL_KEY, 0, "JSON testing",
+		.load = load_module,
+		.unload = unload_module,
+		.nonoptreq = "res_json");