diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_translate/mod_translate.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_translate/mod_translate.c
index 469d0ba2d3..58a5061f0c 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_translate/mod_translate.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_translate/mod_translate.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static void do_unload(void) {
 		switch_core_hash_this(hi, &key, &keylen, &val);
 		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_DEBUG, "deleting translate profile [%s]\n", (char *) key);
 
-		for (nrl = val; rl;) {
+		for (rl = nrl = val; rl;) {
 			rl = nrl;
 			nrl = nrl->next;
 			switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_DEBUG, "deleting rule for [%s]\n", rl->regex);
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ SWITCH_STANDARD_APP(translate_app_function)
 	char *translated = NULL;
 	switch_channel_t *channel = switch_core_session_get_channel(session);
 	switch_memory_pool_t *pool;
-	switch_event_t *event;
+	switch_event_t *event = NULL;
 
 	if (!(mydata = switch_core_session_strdup(session, data))) {
 		goto end;