diff --git a/libretro-common/formats/xml/rxml.c b/libretro-common/formats/xml/rxml.c
index 73daddb7f4..1c2caeabba 100644
--- a/libretro-common/formats/xml/rxml.c
+++ b/libretro-common/formats/xml/rxml.c
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ rxml_document_t *rxml_load_document_string(const char *str)
             node->name                     = strdup(x.elem);
 
             attr                           = NULL;
+            valptr                         = buf->val;
 
             ++level;
             break;
diff --git a/libretro-common/net/net_http.c b/libretro-common/net/net_http.c
index 0ed933ae60..3ad2cccdf5 100644
--- a/libretro-common/net/net_http.c
+++ b/libretro-common/net/net_http.c
@@ -919,11 +919,14 @@ bool net_http_update(struct http_t *state, size_t* progress, size_t* total)
          }
          else
          {
-            if (string_starts_with_case_insensitive(state->data, "Content-Length: "))
+            if (string_starts_with_case_insensitive(state->data, "Content-Length:"))
             {
+               char* ptr = state->data + STRLEN_CONST("Content-Length:");
+               while (ISSPACE(*ptr))
+                  ++ptr;
+
                state->bodytype = T_LEN;
-               state->len = strtol(state->data +
-                     STRLEN_CONST("Content-Length: "), NULL, 10);
+               state->len = strtol(ptr, NULL, 10);
             }
             if (string_is_equal_case_insensitive(state->data, "Transfer-Encoding: chunked"))
                state->bodytype = T_CHUNK;