diff --git a/lib/MySQL_Session.cpp b/lib/MySQL_Session.cpp
index 2f3912370..ca6a0fe71 100644
--- a/lib/MySQL_Session.cpp
+++ b/lib/MySQL_Session.cpp
@@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@ void MySQL_Session::handler___status_WAITING_CLIENT_DATA___STATE_SLEEP___MYSQL_C
 			client_myds->myprot.generate_pkt_OK(true,NULL,NULL,1,0,0,0,0,NULL);
 			client_myds->DSS=STATE_SLEEP;
 			status=WAITING_CLIENT_DATA;
-			wrong_pass=false;
+			*wrong_pass=false;
 		} else {
 			l_free(pkt->size,pkt->ptr);
 			proxy_debug(PROXY_DEBUG_MYSQL_CONNECTION, 5, "Wrong credentials for frontend: disconnecting\n");
diff --git a/lib/Standard_MySQL_Authentication.cpp b/lib/Standard_MySQL_Authentication.cpp
index c29493dea..299d37df2 100644
--- a/lib/Standard_MySQL_Authentication.cpp
+++ b/lib/Standard_MySQL_Authentication.cpp
@@ -137,11 +137,10 @@ class Standard_MySQL_Authentication: public MySQL_Authentication {
 	virtual char * lookup(char * username, enum cred_username_type usertype, bool *use_ssl, int *default_hostgroup, bool *transaction_persistent) {
 		char *ret=NULL;
 		uint64_t hash1, hash2;
-		SpookyHash *myhash=new SpookyHash();
-		myhash->Init(1,2);
-		myhash->Update(username,strlen(username));
-		myhash->Final(&hash1,&hash2);
-		delete myhash;
+		SpookyHash myhash;
+		myhash.Init(1,2);
+		myhash.Update(username,strlen(username));
+		myhash.Final(&hash1,&hash2);
 
 		creds_group_t &cg=(usertype==USERNAME_BACKEND ? creds_backends : creds_frontends);