diff --git a/lib/rsa/rsa-sign.c b/lib/rsa/rsa-sign.c
index f4d433867a2d28ebcf2827c5ead4a8c8c92d6cc2..5d9716f01349f4074653f2735fa3e6204ddba8e7 100644
--- a/lib/rsa/rsa-sign.c
+++ b/lib/rsa/rsa-sign.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static int rsa_get_pub_key(const char *keydir, const char *name, RSA **rsap)
 	rsa = EVP_PKEY_get1_RSA(key);
 	if (!rsa) {
 		rsa_err("Couldn't convert to a RSA style key");
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto err_rsa;
 	}
 	fclose(f);
diff --git a/lib/rsa/rsa-verify.c b/lib/rsa/rsa-verify.c
index c5bcdb60e814ee2ad01c6fb5fe548f761397d86f..4ef19b66f4b12588f2bbe0a978500a0718177336 100644
--- a/lib/rsa/rsa-verify.c
+++ b/lib/rsa/rsa-verify.c
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ static void subtract_modulus(const struct rsa_public_key *key, uint32_t num[])
 static int greater_equal_modulus(const struct rsa_public_key *key,
 				 uint32_t num[])
 {
-	uint32_t i;
+	int i;
 
-	for (i = key->len - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+	for (i = (int)key->len - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
 		if (num[i] < key->modulus[i])
 			return 0;
 		if (num[i] > key->modulus[i])