diff --git a/src/rpc/virnetserver.c b/src/rpc/virnetserver.c
index 4deeca17db..5e4826bc3e 100644
--- a/src/rpc/virnetserver.c
+++ b/src/rpc/virnetserver.c
@@ -308,7 +308,8 @@ virNetServerPtr virNetServerNew(size_t min_workers,
     if (srv->mdnsGroupName) {
         if (!(srv->mdns = virNetServerMDNSNew()))
             goto error;
-        if (!(srv->mdnsGroup = virNetServerMDNSAddGroup(srv->mdns, mdnsGroupName)))
+        if (!(srv->mdnsGroup = virNetServerMDNSAddGroup(srv->mdns,
+                                                        srv->mdnsGroupName)))
             goto error;
     }
 #endif
@@ -702,6 +703,9 @@ void virNetServerRun(virNetServerPtr srv)
 
     reprocess:
         for (i = 0 ; i < srv->nclients ; i++) {
+            /* Coverity 5.3.0 couldn't see that srv->clients is non-NULL
+             * if srv->nclients is non-zero.  */
+            sa_assert(srv->clients);
             if (virNetServerClientWantClose(srv->clients[i]))
                 virNetServerClientClose(srv->clients[i]);
             if (virNetServerClientIsClosed(srv->clients[i])) {