diff --git a/src/modules.c b/src/modules.c
index ff4c4722a..79da9cb63 100644
--- a/src/modules.c
+++ b/src/modules.c
@@ -1380,9 +1380,6 @@ ModDataInfo *persistent_var_generic(ModuleInfo *modinfo, const char *varshortnam
 	ModDataInfo *m;
 	const char *fullname = mod_var_name(modinfo, varshortname);
 
-	if (!modinfo)
-		abort();
-
 	m = findmoddata_byname(fullname, MODDATATYPE_LOCAL_VARIABLE);
 	if (m)
 	{
diff --git a/src/modules/blacklist.c b/src/modules/blacklist.c
index 0fa38e9f2..e915755d3 100644
--- a/src/modules/blacklist.c
+++ b/src/modules/blacklist.c
@@ -606,6 +606,7 @@ int blacklist_set_config_test(ConfigFile *cf, ConfigEntry *ce, int type, int *er
 				config_error("%s:%i: set::blacklist::recheck-time-first with no value",
 					cep->file->filename, cep->line_number);
 				errors++;
+				continue;
 			}
 			if (!strcmp(cep->value, "never"))
 			{
@@ -632,6 +633,7 @@ int blacklist_set_config_test(ConfigFile *cf, ConfigEntry *ce, int type, int *er
 				config_error("%s:%i: set::blacklist::recheck-time with no value",
 					cep->file->filename, cep->line_number);
 				errors++;
+				continue;
 			}
 			if (strcmp(cep->value, "never"))
 			{