diff --git a/src/rdb.cpp b/src/rdb.cpp
index d446109fa..73957220d 100644
--- a/src/rdb.cpp
+++ b/src/rdb.cpp
@@ -278,8 +278,8 @@ void *rdbLoadIntegerObject(rio *rdb, int enctype, int flags, size_t *lenptr) {
         v = enc[0]|(enc[1]<<8)|(enc[2]<<16)|(enc[3]<<24);
         val = (int32_t)v;
     } else {
-        val = 0; /* anti-warning */
         rdbExitReportCorruptRDB("Unknown RDB integer encoding type %d",enctype);
+        return nullptr; /* Never reached. */
     }
     if (plain || sds) {
         char buf[LONG_STR_SIZE], *p;
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ void *rdbGenericLoadStringObject(rio *rdb, int flags, size_t *lenptr) {
             return rdbLoadLzfStringObject(rdb,flags,lenptr);
         default:
             rdbExitReportCorruptRDB("Unknown RDB string encoding type %d",len);
+            return nullptr; /* Never reached. */
         }
     }