diff --git a/src/min.cpp b/src/min.cpp
index 0df114edaf..f380a103d5 100644
--- a/src/min.cpp
+++ b/src/min.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ Min::Min(LAMMPS *lmp) : Pointers(lmp)
   extra_peratom = extra_nlen = NULL;
   extra_max = NULL;
   requestor = NULL;
+
+  external_force_clear = 0;
 }
 
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/src/pair_table.cpp b/src/pair_table.cpp
index 40530b1638..c27c667abc 100644
--- a/src/pair_table.cpp
+++ b/src/pair_table.cpp
@@ -273,7 +273,8 @@ void PairTable::coeff(int narg, char **arg)
     rlo = tb->rlo;
     rhi = tb->rhi;
   }
-  if (tb->cut <= rlo || tb->cut > rhi) error->all(FLERR,"Invalid pair table cutoff");
+  if (tb->cut <= rlo || tb->cut > rhi)
+    error->all(FLERR,"Invalid pair table cutoff");
   if (rlo <= 0.0) error->all(FLERR,"Invalid pair table cutoff");
 
   // match = 1 if don't need to spline read-in tables