diff --git a/coreutils/stat.c b/coreutils/stat.c
index 9930d847d..7c72127c5 100644
--- a/coreutils/stat.c
+++ b/coreutils/stat.c
@@ -342,8 +342,11 @@ static bool do_statfs(char const *filename, char const *format)
 	security_context_t scontext = NULL;
 
 	if (option_mask32 & OPT_SELINUX) {
-		if ((option_mask32 & OPT_DEREFERENCE ? lgetfilecon(filename, scontext):
-		     getfilecon(filename, scontext))< 0) {
+		if ((option_mask32 & OPT_DEREFERENCE
+		     ? lgetfilecon(filename, &scontext)
+		     : getfilecon(filename, &scontext)
+		    ) < 0
+		) {
 			bb_perror_msg(filename);
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -448,9 +451,12 @@ static bool do_stat(char const *filename, char const *format)
 	security_context_t scontext = NULL;
 
 	if (option_mask32 & OPT_SELINUX) {
-		if ((option_mask32 & OPT_DEREFERENCE ? lgetfilecon(filename, scontext):
-		     getfilecon(filename, scontext))< 0) {
-			bb_perror_msg (filename);
+		if ((option_mask32 & OPT_DEREFERENCE
+		     ? lgetfilecon(filename, &scontext)
+		     : getfilecon(filename, &scontext)
+		    ) < 0
+		) {
+			bb_perror_msg(filename);
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/libbb/make_directory.c b/libbb/make_directory.c
index d540ad133..8841c95d3 100644
--- a/libbb/make_directory.c
+++ b/libbb/make_directory.c
@@ -98,6 +98,6 @@ int bb_make_directory (char *path, long mode, int flags)
 
 	} while (1);
 
-	bb_perror_msg ("cannot %s directory '%s'", fail_msg, path);
+	bb_perror_msg("cannot %s directory '%s'", fail_msg, path);
 	return -1;
 }