diff --git a/crypto/comp/comp.h b/crypto/comp/comp.h
index 092260954..aee8fcdef 100644
--- a/crypto/comp/comp.h
+++ b/crypto/comp/comp.h
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@ int COMP_compress_block(COMP_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *out, int olen,
 int COMP_expand_block(COMP_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *out, int olen,
 	unsigned char *in, int ilen);
 COMP_METHOD *COMP_rle(void );
-#ifdef ZLIB
 COMP_METHOD *COMP_zlib(void );
-#endif
 
 /* BEGIN ERROR CODES */
 /* The following lines are auto generated by the script mkerr.pl. Any changes
diff --git a/ssl/ssltest.c b/ssl/ssltest.c
index 1e685346d..77ac362c8 100644
--- a/ssl/ssltest.c
+++ b/ssl/ssltest.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int print_time = 0;
 	clock_t s_time = 0, c_time = 0;
 	int comp = 0;
-	COMP_METHOD *cm;
+	COMP_METHOD *cm = NULL;
 
 	verbose = 0;
 	debug = 0;