diff --git a/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp b/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
index e4f44435b..a20222d05 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
@@ -690,10 +690,10 @@ static void MutateTx(CMutableTransaction& tx, const std::string& command,
     else if (command == "outaddr")
         MutateTxAddOutAddr(tx, commandVal);
     else if (command == "outpubkey") {
-        if (!ecc) { ecc.reset(new Secp256k1Init()); }
+        ecc.reset(new Secp256k1Init());
         MutateTxAddOutPubKey(tx, commandVal);
     } else if (command == "outmultisig") {
-        if (!ecc) { ecc.reset(new Secp256k1Init()); }
+        ecc.reset(new Secp256k1Init());
         MutateTxAddOutMultiSig(tx, commandVal);
     } else if (command == "outscript")
         MutateTxAddOutScript(tx, commandVal);
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ static void MutateTx(CMutableTransaction& tx, const std::string& command,
         MutateTxAddOutData(tx, commandVal);
 
     else if (command == "sign") {
-        if (!ecc) { ecc.reset(new Secp256k1Init()); }
+        ecc.reset(new Secp256k1Init());
         MutateTxSign(tx, commandVal);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/net_processing.cpp b/src/net_processing.cpp
index b5e37722d..f88982a2a 100644
--- a/src/net_processing.cpp
+++ b/src/net_processing.cpp
@@ -379,19 +379,17 @@ void MaybeSetPeerAsAnnouncingHeaderAndIDs(NodeId nodeid, CConnman* connman) {
             }
         }
         connman->ForNode(nodeid, [connman](CNode* pfrom){
-            bool fAnnounceUsingCMPCTBLOCK = false;
             uint64_t nCMPCTBLOCKVersion = (pfrom->GetLocalServices() & NODE_WITNESS) ? 2 : 1;
             if (lNodesAnnouncingHeaderAndIDs.size() >= 3) {
                 // As per BIP152, we only get 3 of our peers to announce
                 // blocks using compact encodings.
-                connman->ForNode(lNodesAnnouncingHeaderAndIDs.front(), [connman, fAnnounceUsingCMPCTBLOCK, nCMPCTBLOCKVersion](CNode* pnodeStop){
-                    connman->PushMessage(pnodeStop, CNetMsgMaker(pnodeStop->GetSendVersion()).Make(NetMsgType::SENDCMPCT, fAnnounceUsingCMPCTBLOCK, nCMPCTBLOCKVersion));
+                connman->ForNode(lNodesAnnouncingHeaderAndIDs.front(), [connman, nCMPCTBLOCKVersion](CNode* pnodeStop){
+                    connman->PushMessage(pnodeStop, CNetMsgMaker(pnodeStop->GetSendVersion()).Make(NetMsgType::SENDCMPCT, /*fAnnounceUsingCMPCTBLOCK=*/false, nCMPCTBLOCKVersion));
                     return true;
                 });
                 lNodesAnnouncingHeaderAndIDs.pop_front();
             }
-            fAnnounceUsingCMPCTBLOCK = true;
-            connman->PushMessage(pfrom, CNetMsgMaker(pfrom->GetSendVersion()).Make(NetMsgType::SENDCMPCT, fAnnounceUsingCMPCTBLOCK, nCMPCTBLOCKVersion));
+            connman->PushMessage(pfrom, CNetMsgMaker(pfrom->GetSendVersion()).Make(NetMsgType::SENDCMPCT, /*fAnnounceUsingCMPCTBLOCK=*/true, nCMPCTBLOCKVersion));
             lNodesAnnouncingHeaderAndIDs.push_back(pfrom->GetId());
             return true;
         });
diff --git a/src/qt/walletview.cpp b/src/qt/walletview.cpp
index 971f5e0e1..a56a40037 100644
--- a/src/qt/walletview.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/walletview.cpp
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ void WalletView::setWalletModel(WalletModel *_walletModel)
     overviewPage->setWalletModel(_walletModel);
     receiveCoinsPage->setModel(_walletModel);
     sendCoinsPage->setModel(_walletModel);
-    usedReceivingAddressesPage->setModel(_walletModel->getAddressTableModel());
-    usedSendingAddressesPage->setModel(_walletModel->getAddressTableModel());
+    usedReceivingAddressesPage->setModel(_walletModel ? _walletModel->getAddressTableModel() : nullptr);
+    usedSendingAddressesPage->setModel(_walletModel ? _walletModel->getAddressTableModel() : nullptr);
 
     if (_walletModel)
     {
diff --git a/src/rest.cpp b/src/rest.cpp
index 0b2c843d5..4d2cdfdf0 100644
--- a/src/rest.cpp
+++ b/src/rest.cpp
@@ -409,10 +409,8 @@ static bool rest_getutxos(HTTPRequest* req, const std::string& strURIPart)
 
     if (uriParts.size() > 0)
     {
-
         //inputs is sent over URI scheme (/rest/getutxos/checkmempool/txid1-n/txid2-n/...)
-        if (uriParts.size() > 0 && uriParts[0] == "checkmempool")
-            fCheckMemPool = true;
+        if (uriParts[0] == "checkmempool") fCheckMemPool = true;
 
         for (size_t i = (fCheckMemPool) ? 1 : 0; i < uriParts.size(); i++)
         {
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index a073e3d1c..7f6697c78 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -2613,7 +2613,6 @@ static CBlockIndex* AddToBlockIndex(const CBlockHeader& block)
 
     // Construct new block index object
     CBlockIndex* pindexNew = new CBlockIndex(block);
-    assert(pindexNew);
     // We assign the sequence id to blocks only when the full data is available,
     // to avoid miners withholding blocks but broadcasting headers, to get a
     // competitive advantage.
@@ -3443,8 +3442,6 @@ CBlockIndex * InsertBlockIndex(uint256 hash)
 
     // Create new
     CBlockIndex* pindexNew = new CBlockIndex();
-    if (!pindexNew)
-        throw std::runtime_error(std::string(__func__) + ": new CBlockIndex failed");
     mi = mapBlockIndex.insert(std::make_pair(hash, pindexNew)).first;
     pindexNew->phashBlock = &((*mi).first);