diff --git a/src/modules/tm/t_suspend.c b/src/modules/tm/t_suspend.c
index 949340f1ce8..d2275a6151c 100644
--- a/src/modules/tm/t_suspend.c
+++ b/src/modules/tm/t_suspend.c
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ int t_continue_helper(unsigned int hash_index, unsigned int label,
 	tm_cell_t *backup_T = T_UNDEFINED;
 	int backup_T_branch = T_BR_UNDEFINED;
 	sip_msg_t *faked_req;
-	sip_msg_t *brpl;
-	void *erpl;
+	sip_msg_t *brpl = NULL;
+	void *erpl = NULL;
 	int faked_req_len = 0;
 	struct cancel_info cancel_data;
 	int	branch;
@@ -499,46 +499,48 @@ int t_continue_helper(unsigned int hash_index, unsigned int label,
 	} else {
 		/* response handling */
 		tm_ctx_set_branch_index(T_BR_UNDEFINED);
-		/* unref the transaction */
-		t_unref(brpl);
-		LM_DBG("Freeing earlier cloned reply\n");
-
-		/* free lumps that were added during reply processing */
-		del_nonshm_lump( &(brpl->add_rm) );
-		del_nonshm_lump( &(brpl->body_lumps) );
-		del_nonshm_lump_rpl( &(brpl->reply_lump) );
-
-		/* free header's parsed structures that were added */
-		for( hdr=brpl->headers ; hdr ; hdr=hdr->next ) {
-			if ( hdr->parsed && hdr_allocs_parse(hdr) &&
-					(hdr->parsed<(void*)brpl ||
-					hdr->parsed>=(void*)erpl)) {
-				clean_hdr_field(hdr);
-				hdr->parsed = 0;
+		if(brpl) {
+			/* unref the transaction */
+			t_unref(brpl);
+			LM_DBG("Freeing earlier cloned reply\n");
+
+			/* free lumps that were added during reply processing */
+			del_nonshm_lump( &(brpl->add_rm) );
+			del_nonshm_lump( &(brpl->body_lumps) );
+			del_nonshm_lump_rpl( &(brpl->reply_lump) );
+
+			/* free header's parsed structures that were added */
+			for( hdr=brpl->headers ; hdr ; hdr=hdr->next ) {
+				if (hdr->parsed && hdr_allocs_parse(hdr) &&
+						(hdr->parsed<(void*)brpl ||
+						(erpl && hdr->parsed>=(void*)erpl))) {
+					clean_hdr_field(hdr);
+					hdr->parsed = 0;
+				}
 			}
-		}
 
-		/* now go through hdr fields themselves
-		 * and remove the pkg allocated space */
-		hdr = brpl->headers;
-		while (hdr) {
-			if ( hdr && ((void*)hdr<(void*)brpl ||
-					(void*)hdr>=(void*)erpl)) {
-				/* this header needs to be freed and removed form the list */
-				if (!prev) {
-					brpl->headers = hdr->next;
+			/* now go through hdr fields themselves
+			 * and remove the pkg allocated space */
+			hdr = brpl->headers;
+			while (hdr) {
+				if ( hdr && ((void*)hdr<(void*)brpl ||
+						(void*)hdr>=(void*)erpl)) {
+					/* this header needs to be freed and removed form the list */
+					if (!prev) {
+						brpl->headers = hdr->next;
+					} else {
+						prev->next = hdr->next;
+					}
+					tmp = hdr;
+					hdr = hdr->next;
+					pkg_free(tmp);
 				} else {
-					prev->next = hdr->next;
+					prev = hdr;
+					hdr = hdr->next;
 				}
-				tmp = hdr;
-				hdr = hdr->next;
-				pkg_free(tmp);
-			} else {
-				prev = hdr;
-				hdr = hdr->next;
 			}
+			sip_msg_free(brpl);
 		}
-		sip_msg_free(brpl);
 	}
 
 	set_t(backup_T, backup_T_branch);
diff --git a/src/modules/tm/tm.c b/src/modules/tm/tm.c
index da47c605274..39180442e2c 100644
--- a/src/modules/tm/tm.c
+++ b/src/modules/tm/tm.c
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ static int ki_t_check_status(sip_msg_t* msg, str *sexp)
 {
 	regmatch_t pmatch;
 	struct cell *t;
-	char *status, *s = NULL;
+	char *status = NULL;
 	char backup;
 	int lowest_status, n, ret;
 	regex_t re;
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ static int ki_t_check_status(sip_msg_t* msg, str *sexp)
 
 	memset(&re, 0, sizeof(regex_t));
 	if (regcomp(&re, sexp->s, REG_EXTENDED|REG_ICASE|REG_NEWLINE)) {
-		LM_ERR("Bad regular expression '%s'\n", s);
+		LM_ERR("Bad regular expression '%s'\n", sexp->s);
 		goto error0;
 	}