diff --git a/source/darwin/dispatch_queue_event_loop.c b/source/darwin/dispatch_queue_event_loop.c
index 6b00cee58..f5690e641 100644
--- a/source/darwin/dispatch_queue_event_loop.c
+++ b/source/darwin/dispatch_queue_event_loop.c
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ struct aws_event_loop *aws_event_loop_new_with_dispatch_queue(
 
     struct aws_event_loop *loop = aws_mem_calloc(alloc, 1, sizeof(struct aws_event_loop));
     struct dispatch_loop *dispatch_loop = NULL;
-    dispatch_loop->allocator = alloc;
 
     AWS_LOGF_DEBUG(AWS_LS_IO_EVENT_LOOP, "id=%p: Initializing dispatch_queue event-loop", (void *)loop);
     if (aws_event_loop_init_base(loop, alloc, options->clock)) {
@@ -222,6 +221,7 @@ struct aws_event_loop *aws_event_loop_new_with_dispatch_queue(
     }
 
     dispatch_loop = aws_mem_calloc(alloc, 1, sizeof(struct dispatch_loop));
+    dispatch_loop->allocator = alloc;
 
     char dispatch_queue_id[AWS_IO_APPLE_DISPATCH_QUEUE_ID_LENGTH] = {0};
     s_get_unique_dispatch_queue_id(dispatch_queue_id);
diff --git a/source/darwin/nw_socket.c b/source/darwin/nw_socket.c
index 14f3ee30a..4cebad8a8 100644
--- a/source/darwin/nw_socket.c
+++ b/source/darwin/nw_socket.c
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ static void s_socket_impl_destroy(void *sock_ptr) {
     nw_socket = NULL;
 }
 
+#ifdef AWS_ENABLE_DISPATCH_QUEUE
 int aws_socket_init_apple_nw_socket(
     struct aws_socket *socket,
     struct aws_allocator *alloc,
@@ -375,6 +376,7 @@ int aws_socket_init_apple_nw_socket(
 
     return AWS_OP_SUCCESS;
 }
+#endif
 
 static void s_client_set_dispatch_queue(struct aws_io_handle *handle, void *queue) {
     nw_connection_set_queue(handle->data.handle, queue);