diff --git a/src/xrpld/app/tx/detail/MPTokenAuthorize.cpp b/src/xrpld/app/tx/detail/MPTokenAuthorize.cpp
index 5b589530cfb..8042c9c6982 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/app/tx/detail/MPTokenAuthorize.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/app/tx/detail/MPTokenAuthorize.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ MPTokenAuthorize::preclaim(PreclaimContext const& ctx)
             {
                 auto const sleMptIssuance = ctx.view.read(
                     keylet::mptIssuance(ctx.tx[sfMPTokenIssuanceID]));
-                assert(sleMptIssuance);
                 if (!sleMptIssuance)
                     return tefINTERNAL;
 
diff --git a/src/xrpld/rpc/detail/TransactionSign.cpp b/src/xrpld/rpc/detail/TransactionSign.cpp
index 401f808f56a..2f10387bc81 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/rpc/detail/TransactionSign.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/rpc/detail/TransactionSign.cpp
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ checkPayment(
     if (!dstAccountID)
         return RPC::invalid_field_error("tx_json.Destination");
 
-    if (((doPath == false) && params.isMember(jss::build_path)) ||
-        (params.isMember(jss::build_path) && amount.holds<MPTIssue>()))
+    if (params.isMember(jss::build_path) &&
+        ((doPath == false) || amount.holds<MPTIssue>()))
         return RPC::make_error(
             rpcINVALID_PARAMS,
             "Field 'build_path' not allowed in this context.");