diff --git a/libs/androidfw/AssetManager.cpp b/libs/androidfw/AssetManager.cpp
index 6667dafe4521f..1f0d5309f2bc7 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/AssetManager.cpp
+++ b/libs/androidfw/AssetManager.cpp
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ const ResTable* AssetManager::getResTable(bool required) const
             }
         } else {
             ALOGV("loading resource table %s\n", ap.path.string());
-            Asset* ass = const_cast<AssetManager*>(this)->
+            ass = const_cast<AssetManager*>(this)->
                 openNonAssetInPathLocked("resources.arsc",
                                          Asset::ACCESS_BUFFER,
                                          ap);
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/ObbFile.cpp b/libs/androidfw/ObbFile.cpp
index 21e06c8db5cd0..ec59f0666c026 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/ObbFile.cpp
+++ b/libs/androidfw/ObbFile.cpp
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ bool ObbFile::parseObbFile(int fd)
     {
         lseek64(fd, fileLength - kFooterTagSize, SEEK_SET);
 
-        char *footer = new char[kFooterTagSize];
+        char footer[kFooterTagSize];
         actual = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(fd, footer, kFooterTagSize));
         if (actual != kFooterTagSize) {
             ALOGW("couldn't read footer signature: %s\n", strerror(errno));