diff --git a/dirmngr/http.c b/dirmngr/http.c
index c64107072..b16de7d6f 100644
--- a/dirmngr/http.c
+++ b/dirmngr/http.c
@@ -3282,7 +3282,7 @@ gpg_error_t
 http_verify_server_credentials (http_session_t sess)
 {
 #if HTTP_USE_GNUTLS
-  static const char const errprefix[] = "TLS verification of peer failed";
+  static const char errprefix[] = "TLS verification of peer failed";
   int rc;
   unsigned int status;
   const char *hostname;
diff --git a/dirmngr/ldap.c b/dirmngr/ldap.c
index d661a6825..adf83071e 100644
--- a/dirmngr/ldap.c
+++ b/dirmngr/ldap.c
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ parse_one_pattern (const char *pattern)
       break;
     case '*':
       pattern++;
+      /* fall through */
     default:			/* Take as substring match. */
       {
 	const char format[] = "(|(sn=*%s*)(|(cn=*%s*)(mail=*%s*)))";