diff --git a/src/core/load-dropin.c b/src/core/load-dropin.c
index 854c2fd853..0a56f0df86 100644
--- a/src/core/load-dropin.c
+++ b/src/core/load-dropin.c
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ static int process_deps(Unit *u, UnitDependency dependency, const char *dir_suff
                 return r;
 
         STRV_FOREACH(p, paths) {
-                const char *entry;
                 _cleanup_free_ char *target = NULL;
+                const char *entry;
 
                 entry = basename(*p);
 
diff --git a/src/core/load-dropin.h b/src/core/load-dropin.h
index c97de616f1..583460e3dd 100644
--- a/src/core/load-dropin.h
+++ b/src/core/load-dropin.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 /* Read service data supplementary drop-in directories */
 
 static inline int unit_find_dropin_paths(Unit *u, char ***paths) {
+        assert(u);
+
         return unit_file_find_dropin_conf_paths(NULL,
                                                 u->manager->lookup_paths.search_path,
                                                 u->manager->unit_path_cache,
diff --git a/src/shared/dropin.h b/src/shared/dropin.h
index a14fcc023f..fa6f5402f9 100644
--- a/src/shared/dropin.h
+++ b/src/shared/dropin.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ static inline int unit_file_find_dropin_conf_paths(
                 Set *unit_path_cache,
                 Set *names,
                 char ***paths) {
+
         return unit_file_find_dropin_paths(original_root,
                                            lookup_path,
                                            unit_path_cache,