diff --git a/src/activate/activate.c b/src/activate/activate.c
index 15a3150666..2fe312f5a0 100644
--- a/src/activate/activate.c
+++ b/src/activate/activate.c
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ static int add_epoll(int epoll_fd, int fd) {
 
 static int open_sockets(int *epoll_fd, bool accept) {
         char **address;
-        int n, fd, r;
-        int count = 0;
+        int n, fd, r, count = 0;
 
         n = sd_listen_fds(true);
         if (n < 0)
@@ -69,13 +68,18 @@ static int open_sockets(int *epoll_fd, bool accept) {
 
         /* Close logging and all other descriptors */
         if (arg_listen) {
-                int except[3 + n];
+                _cleanup_free_ int *except = NULL;
+                int i;
 
-                for (fd = 0; fd < SD_LISTEN_FDS_START + n; fd++)
-                        except[fd] = fd;
+                except = new(int, n);
+                if (!except)
+                        return log_oom();
+
+                for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+                        except[i] = SD_LISTEN_FDS_START + i;
 
                 log_close();
-                r = close_all_fds(except, 3 + n);
+                r = close_all_fds(except, n);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to close all file descriptors: %m");
         }
diff --git a/src/journal/compress.c b/src/journal/compress.c
index 7a79e566b8..bfb75ae8c9 100644
--- a/src/journal/compress.c
+++ b/src/journal/compress.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "sparse-endian.h"
 #include "string-table.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
+#include "unaligned.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 #if HAVE_LZ4
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ int compress_blob_lz4(const void *src, uint64_t src_size,
         if (r <= 0)
                 return -ENOBUFS;
 
-        *(le64_t*) dst = htole64(src_size);
+        unaligned_write_le64(dst, src_size);
         *dst_size = r + 8;
 
         return 0;
@@ -187,8 +188,8 @@ int decompress_blob_lz4(const void *src, uint64_t src_size,
         if (src_size <= 8)
                 return -EBADMSG;
 
-        size = le64toh( *(le64_t*)src );
-        if (size < 0 || (unsigned) size != le64toh(*(le64_t*)src))
+        size = unaligned_read_le64(src);
+        if (size < 0 || (unsigned) size != unaligned_read_le64(src))
                 return -EFBIG;
         if ((size_t) size > *dst_alloc_size) {
                 out = realloc(*dst, size);