diff --git a/mbtask/outstat.c b/mbtask/outstat.c
index 0cbbc609..5e8cf883 100644
--- a/mbtask/outstat.c
+++ b/mbtask/outstat.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ void set_next(int hour, int min)
 #if defined(__OpenBSD__)
     gmtime_r(&now, &etm);
 #else
-    etm = gmtime(&now);
+    etm = *gmtime(&now);
 #endif
     uhour = etm.tm_hour; /* For some reason, these intermediate integers are needed */
     umin  = etm.tm_min;
diff --git a/mbtask/taskutil.c b/mbtask/taskutil.c
index 28fff6c7..2f6412d3 100644
--- a/mbtask/taskutil.c
+++ b/mbtask/taskutil.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ void CreateSema(char *sem)
     sprintf(temp, "%s/var/sema/%s", getenv("MBSE_ROOT"), sem);
     if (access(temp, F_OK) == 0)
 	return;
-    if ((fp = fopen(temp, "w"))) {
+    if ((fp = fopen(temp, "w")))
 	fclose(fp);
     else
         Syslog('?', "Can't create semafore %s", temp);
@@ -286,9 +286,9 @@ void TouchSema(char *sem)
     FILE    *fp;
 
     sprintf(temp, "%s/var/sema/%s", getenv("MBSE_ROOT"), sem);
-    if ((fp = fopen(temp, "w"))) {
+    if ((fp = fopen(temp, "w")))
 	fclose(fp);
-    } else
+    else
         Syslog('?', "Can't touch semafore %s", temp);
 }