diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 77ee01ccf38..6900cfadeb6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ case $host_os_def in
     AS_IF([test "x$ax_cv_c_compiler_vendor" = "xgnu"], [
       # This is useful for finding odd conversions
       #    common_opt="-pipe -Wall -Wconversion -Wno-sign-conversion -Wno-format-truncation"
-      common_opt="-pipe -Wall -Wextra -Wno-ignored-qualifiers -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-format-truncation -Wno-cast-function-type -Wno-stringop-overflow"
+      common_opt="-pipe -Wall -Wextra -Wno-ignored-qualifiers -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-format-truncation -Wno-cast-function-type -Wno-stringop-overflow -Wno-deprecated-declarations"
       debug_opt="-ggdb3 $common_opt"
       release_opt="-g $common_opt $optimizing_flags -feliminate-unused-debug-symbols -fno-strict-aliasing"
       cxx_opt="-Wno-invalid-offsetof -Wno-noexcept-type"
diff --git a/proxy/http/remap/NextHopHealthStatus.cc b/proxy/http/remap/NextHopHealthStatus.cc
index afb43c7222c..2412171b52d 100644
--- a/proxy/http/remap/NextHopHealthStatus.cc
+++ b/proxy/http/remap/NextHopHealthStatus.cc
@@ -119,22 +119,21 @@ NextHopHealthStatus::markNextHop(TSHttpTxn txn, const char *hostname, const int
             new_fail_count = h->failCount = 1;
           }
         } else if (result.retry == true) {
-          h->failedAt = _now;
+          h->failedAt    = _now;
+          new_fail_count = h->failCount = 1;
         }
       } // end lock guard
       NH_Note("[%" PRId64 "] NextHop %s marked as down %s", sm_id, (result.retry) ? "retry" : "initially", h->hostname.c_str());
     } else {
-      int old_count = 0;
       // if the last failure was outside the retry window, set the failcount to 1 and failedAt to now.
       { // lock guard
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(h->_mutex);
         if ((h->failedAt + retry_time) < static_cast<unsigned>(_now)) {
-          h->failCount = 1;
-          h->failedAt  = _now;
+          new_fail_count = h->failCount = 1;
+          h->failedAt                   = _now;
         } else {
-          old_count = h->failCount = 1;
+          new_fail_count = h->failCount += 1;
         }
-        new_fail_count = old_count + 1;
       } // end of lock_guard
       NH_Debug(NH_DEBUG_TAG, "[%" PRId64 "] Parent fail count increased to %d for %s", sm_id, new_fail_count, h->hostname.c_str());
     }
diff --git a/proxy/logging/LogFilter.h b/proxy/logging/LogFilter.h
index 083dc08e6f0..749c044e5ac 100644
--- a/proxy/logging/LogFilter.h
+++ b/proxy/logging/LogFilter.h
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ wipeField(char **field, char *pattern, const char *uppercase_field)
 
       // search new param again
       const char *new_param = strchr(lookup_query_param + field_pos, '&');
-      if (new_param && (new_param + 1)) {
+      if (new_param && *(new_param + 1)) {
         pattern_in_param_name = findPatternFromParamName(new_param + 1, pattern);
       } else {
         break;