diff --git a/lib/libfetch/common.c b/lib/libfetch/common.c
index df6d870e1e0f..48ac5d314324 100644
--- a/lib/libfetch/common.c
+++ b/lib/libfetch/common.c
@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ _fetch_write(conn_t *conn, const char *buf, size_t len)
 		timeout.tv_sec += fetchTimeout;
 	}
 
+	total = 0;
 	while (len > 0) {
 		while (fetchTimeout && !FD_ISSET(conn->sd, &writefds)) {
 			FD_SET(conn->sd, &writefds);
diff --git a/lib/libfetch/http.c b/lib/libfetch/http.c
index 3afc5c75b98e..fe8262a4f9b5 100644
--- a/lib/libfetch/http.c
+++ b/lib/libfetch/http.c
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ _http_growbuf(struct httpio *io, size_t len)
 		return (-1);
 	io->buf = tmp;
 	io->bufsize = len;
+	return (0);
 }
 
 /*