diff --git a/src/coreclr/debug/daccess/daccess.cpp b/src/coreclr/debug/daccess/daccess.cpp
index 44a7a651ba9bb4..f221084099aabd 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/debug/daccess/daccess.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/debug/daccess/daccess.cpp
@@ -1121,6 +1121,12 @@ SplitName::CdStartField(_In_opt_ PCWSTR fullName,
 
     if (typeHandle.IsNull())
     {
+        if (mod == NULL)
+        {
+            status = E_INVALIDARG;
+            goto Fail;
+        }
+         
         if (typeToken == mdTypeDefNil)
         {
             if (!split->FindType(mod->GetMDImport()))
diff --git a/src/coreclr/pal/src/map/virtual.cpp b/src/coreclr/pal/src/map/virtual.cpp
index 3fb14cae83595c..ea7e7e52c96877 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/pal/src/map/virtual.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/pal/src/map/virtual.cpp
@@ -715,7 +715,8 @@ VIRTUALCommitMemory(
     TRACE( "Committing the memory now..\n");
 
     nProtect = W32toUnixAccessControl(flProtect);
-
+    pRetVal = (void *) StartBoundary;
+    
 #ifndef TARGET_WASM
     // Commit the pages
     if (mprotect((void *) StartBoundary, MemSize, nProtect) != 0)
@@ -733,7 +734,6 @@ VIRTUALCommitMemory(
     }
 #endif
 
-    pRetVal = (void *) StartBoundary;
     goto done;
 
 #ifndef TARGET_WASM