diff --git a/appsec/src/extension/commands_helpers.c b/appsec/src/extension/commands_helpers.c
index d1df77d2da..abf21c6fb1 100644
--- a/appsec/src/extension/commands_helpers.c
+++ b/appsec/src/extension/commands_helpers.c
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ static dd_result _dd_command_exec(dd_conn *nonnull conn,
 
         // automatic cleanup of imsg on error branches
         // set to NULL before calling _imsg_destroy
+        // NOLINTNEXTLINE(clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores)
         __attribute__((cleanup(_imsg_cleanup))) dd_imsg *nullable destroy_imsg =
             &imsg;
 
diff --git a/appsec/src/extension/network.c b/appsec/src/extension/network.c
index 962353420c..ed74b94691 100644
--- a/appsec/src/extension/network.c
+++ b/appsec/src/extension/network.c
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ dd_result dd_conn_sendv(dd_conn *nonnull conn, zend_llist *nonnull iovecs)
             mlog_err(dd_log_info, "Error writing %zu bytes to helper", total);
             efree(iovs);
             return dd_network;
-        } else if (written == 0) {
+        }
+        if (written == 0) {
             mlog(dd_log_info, "writev() call returned zero");
             efree(iovs);
             return dd_network;