diff --git a/src/core/settings/qgssettingsentry.cpp b/src/core/settings/qgssettingsentry.cpp
index 9d8a6fa8441c..3d2e84560476 100644
--- a/src/core/settings/qgssettingsentry.cpp
+++ b/src/core/settings/qgssettingsentry.cpp
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ bool QgsSettingsEntryBase::keyIsValid( const QString &key ) const
   if ( !hasDynamicKey() )
     return completeKeyToCheck == prefixedSettingsKey;
 
-  QRegularExpression regularExpression( prefixedSettingsKey.replace( QRegularExpression( QStringLiteral( "%\\d+" ) ), QStringLiteral( ".*" ) ) );
-  QRegularExpressionMatch regularExpressionMatch = regularExpression.match( completeKeyToCheck );
+  const QRegularExpression regularExpression( prefixedSettingsKey.replace( QRegularExpression( QStringLiteral( "%\\d+" ) ), QStringLiteral( ".*" ) ) );
+  const QRegularExpressionMatch regularExpressionMatch = regularExpression.match( completeKeyToCheck );
   return regularExpressionMatch.hasMatch();
 }
 
@@ -643,4 +643,3 @@ int QgsSettingsEntryDouble::displayHintDecimals() const
 }
 
 
-
diff --git a/src/core/settings/qgssettingsregistry.cpp b/src/core/settings/qgssettingsregistry.cpp
index 28cdad60aa32..74f59c561ab0 100644
--- a/src/core/settings/qgssettingsregistry.cpp
+++ b/src/core/settings/qgssettingsregistry.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ const QgsSettingsEntryBase *QgsSettingsRegistry::getSettingsEntry( const QString
     for ( const QgsSettingsRegistry *settingsRegistry : std::as_const( mSettingsRegistryChildList ) )
     {
       const QgsSettingsEntryBase *settingsEntry = settingsRegistry->getSettingsEntry( key, true );
-      if ( settingsEntry != nullptr )
+      if ( settingsEntry )
         return settingsEntry;
     }
   }