--- a/libop/op_alloc_counter.c
+++ b/libop/op_alloc_counter.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 	/* no counters then probably perfmon managing perfmon hw */
 	if (nr_counters <= 0) {
 		nr_counters = op_get_nr_counters(cpu_type);
-		unavailable_counters = (~0) << nr_counters;
+		unavailable_counters = (~0U) << nr_counters;
 	}
 
 	/* Check to see if we have enough physical counters to map events*/
--- a/libutil++/op_bfd.cpp
+++ b/libutil++/op_bfd.cpp
@@ -535,15 +535,13 @@
 {
 	op_bfd_symbol const & sym = syms[sym_idx];
 
-	bool const verbose = cverb << (vbfd & vlevel1);
-
 	if (anon_obj)
 		start = sym.vma();
 	else
 		start = sym.filepos();
 	end = start + sym.size();
 
-	if (!verbose)
+	if (!(cverb << (vbfd & vlevel1)))
 		return;
 
 	io_state state(cverb << (vbfd & vlevel1));