diff --git a/backend/crypt/cipher.go b/backend/crypt/cipher.go
index 57a44b3e3..4fd529175 100644
--- a/backend/crypt/cipher.go
+++ b/backend/crypt/cipher.go
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ func (fh *decrypter) fillBuffer() (err error) {
 		fs.Errorf(nil, "crypt: ignoring: %v", ErrorEncryptedBadBlock)
 		// Zero out the bad block and continue
 		for i := range (*fh.buf)[:n] {
-			(*fh.buf)[i] = 0
+			fh.buf[i] = 0
 		}
 	}
 	fh.bufIndex = 0
diff --git a/backend/s3/s3.go b/backend/s3/s3.go
index b691a2cf3..46426e77e 100644
--- a/backend/s3/s3.go
+++ b/backend/s3/s3.go
@@ -3889,7 +3889,7 @@ func versionLess(a, b *types.ObjectVersion) bool {
 	if *a.Key > *b.Key {
 		return false
 	}
-	dt := (*a.LastModified).Sub(*b.LastModified)
+	dt := a.LastModified.Sub(*b.LastModified)
 	if dt > 0 {
 		return true
 	}
@@ -5601,8 +5601,8 @@ func (o *Object) setMetaData(resp *s3.HeadObjectOutput) {
 		// it from listings then it may have millisecond precision, but
 		// if we read it from a HEAD/GET request then it will have
 		// second precision.
-		equalToWithinOneSecond := o.lastModified.Truncate(time.Second).Equal((*resp.LastModified).Truncate(time.Second))
-		newHasNs := (*resp.LastModified).Nanosecond() != 0
+		equalToWithinOneSecond := o.lastModified.Truncate(time.Second).Equal(resp.LastModified.Truncate(time.Second))
+		newHasNs := resp.LastModified.Nanosecond() != 0
 		if !equalToWithinOneSecond || newHasNs {
 			o.lastModified = *resp.LastModified
 		}