diff --git a/DPGAnalysis/Skims/src/LogErrorEventFilter.cc b/DPGAnalysis/Skims/src/LogErrorEventFilter.cc
index 141b2378e8f71..229665ecc1c22 100644
--- a/DPGAnalysis/Skims/src/LogErrorEventFilter.cc
+++ b/DPGAnalysis/Skims/src/LogErrorEventFilter.cc
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ namespace {
   };
   std::unique_ptr<std::atomic<bool>, release> make_guard(std::atomic<bool> &b) noexcept {
     bool expected = false;
-    while (not b.compare_exchange_strong(expected, true))
-      ;
-
+    while (not b.compare_exchange_strong(expected, true)) {
+      expected = false;
+    }
     return std::unique_ptr<std::atomic<bool>, release>(&b, release());
   }
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class LogErrorEventFilter : public edm::global::EDFilter<edm::RunCache<leef::Run
   size_t maxSavedEventsPerLumi_;
   bool verbose_, veryVerbose_;
   bool taggedMode_, forcedValue_;
-  mutable std::atomic<bool> statsGuard_;
+  mutable std::atomic<bool> statsGuard_{false};
 
   template <typename Collection>
   static void increment(ErrorSet &scoreboard, Collection &list);
diff --git a/FWCore/Framework/src/Path.cc b/FWCore/Framework/src/Path.cc
index ba6462aa6f3e1..31726e0055a2b 100644
--- a/FWCore/Framework/src/Path.cc
+++ b/FWCore/Framework/src/Path.cc
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ namespace edm {
 
   void Path::threadsafe_setFailedModuleInfo(int nwrwue, bool iExcept) {
     bool expected = false;
-    while (stateLock_.compare_exchange_strong(expected, true)) {
+    while (not stateLock_.compare_exchange_strong(expected, true)) {
       expected = false;
     }
     if (iExcept) {