diff --git a/src/core/execute.c b/src/core/execute.c
index 444c3985f1..1680fc72a2 100644
--- a/src/core/execute.c
+++ b/src/core/execute.c
@@ -3127,8 +3127,10 @@ static int apply_mount_namespace(
 
         if (exec_context_has_credentials(context) && params->prefix[EXEC_DIRECTORY_RUNTIME]) {
                 creds_path = path_join(params->prefix[EXEC_DIRECTORY_RUNTIME], "credentials", u->id);
-                if (!creds_path)
-                        return -ENOMEM;
+                if (!creds_path) {
+                        r = -ENOMEM;
+                        goto finalize;
+                }
         }
 
         r = setup_namespace(root_dir, root_image, context->root_image_options,
@@ -3174,6 +3176,7 @@ static int apply_mount_namespace(
                 }
         }
 
+finalize:
         bind_mount_free_many(bind_mounts, n_bind_mounts);
         return r;
 }
diff --git a/src/journal/compress.c b/src/journal/compress.c
index a59c2b7a88..852f9e07ba 100644
--- a/src/journal/compress.c
+++ b/src/journal/compress.c
@@ -927,11 +927,12 @@ int compress_stream_zstd(int fdf, int fdt, uint64_t max_bytes) {
                         break;
         }
 
-        log_debug(
-                "ZSTD compression finished (%" PRIu64 " -> %" PRIu64 " bytes, %.1f%%)",
-                in_bytes,
-                max_bytes - left,
-                (double) (max_bytes - left) / in_bytes * 100);
+        if (in_bytes > 0)
+                log_debug("ZSTD compression finished (%" PRIu64 " -> %" PRIu64 " bytes, %.1f%%)",
+                          in_bytes, max_bytes - left, (double) (max_bytes - left) / in_bytes * 100);
+        else
+                log_debug("ZSTD compression finished (%" PRIu64 " -> %" PRIu64 " bytes)",
+                          in_bytes, max_bytes - left);
 
         return 0;
 #else