diff --git a/compat/poll/poll.c b/compat/poll/poll.c
index 4459408c7d0..8b07edb0fec 100644
--- a/compat/poll/poll.c
+++ b/compat/poll/poll.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ win32_compute_revents (HANDLE h, int *p_sought)
     case FILE_TYPE_PIPE:
       if (!once_only)
 	{
-	  NtQueryInformationFile = (PNtQueryInformationFile)
+	  NtQueryInformationFile = (PNtQueryInformationFile)(void (*)(void))
 	    GetProcAddress (GetModuleHandle ("ntdll.dll"),
 			    "NtQueryInformationFile");
 	  once_only = TRUE;
diff --git a/compat/winansi.c b/compat/winansi.c
index f4f08237f9e..a29d34ef448 100644
--- a/compat/winansi.c
+++ b/compat/winansi.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <wingdi.h>
 #include <winreg.h>
 #include "win32.h"
+#include "win32/lazyload.h"
 
 static int fd_is_interactive[3] = { 0, 0, 0 };
 #define FD_CONSOLE 0x1
@@ -41,26 +42,21 @@ typedef struct _CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX {
 #endif
 #endif
 
-typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PGETCURRENTCONSOLEFONTEX)(HANDLE, BOOL,
-		PCONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX);
-
 static void warn_if_raster_font(void)
 {
 	DWORD fontFamily = 0;
-	PGETCURRENTCONSOLEFONTEX pGetCurrentConsoleFontEx;
+	DECLARE_PROC_ADDR(kernel32.dll, BOOL, GetCurrentConsoleFontEx,
+			HANDLE, BOOL, PCONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX);
 
 	/* don't bother if output was ascii only */
 	if (!non_ascii_used)
 		return;
 
 	/* GetCurrentConsoleFontEx is available since Vista */
-	pGetCurrentConsoleFontEx = (PGETCURRENTCONSOLEFONTEX) GetProcAddress(
-			GetModuleHandle("kernel32.dll"),
-			"GetCurrentConsoleFontEx");
-	if (pGetCurrentConsoleFontEx) {
+	if (INIT_PROC_ADDR(GetCurrentConsoleFontEx)) {
 		CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX cfi;
 		cfi.cbSize = sizeof(cfi);
-		if (pGetCurrentConsoleFontEx(console, 0, &cfi))
+		if (GetCurrentConsoleFontEx(console, 0, &cfi))
 			fontFamily = cfi.FontFamily;
 	} else {
 		/* pre-Vista: check default console font in registry */
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index ad4166e2431..972d3c10335 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -896,9 +896,9 @@ static int git_parse_signed(const char *value, intmax_t *ret, intmax_t max)
 			errno = EINVAL;
 			return 0;
 		}
-		uval = labs(val);
+		uval = val < 0 ? -val : val;
 		uval *= factor;
-		if (uval > max || labs(val) > uval) {
+		if (uval > max || (val < 0 ? -val : val) > uval) {
 			errno = ERANGE;
 			return 0;
 		}
diff --git a/kwset.c b/kwset.c
index 090ffcafa2b..fc439e0667f 100644
--- a/kwset.c
+++ b/kwset.c
@@ -38,7 +38,13 @@
 #include "compat/obstack.h"
 
 #define NCHAR (UCHAR_MAX + 1)
-#define obstack_chunk_alloc xmalloc
+/* adapter for `xmalloc()`, which takes `size_t`, not `long` */
+static void *obstack_chunk_alloc(long size)
+{
+	if (size < 0)
+		BUG("Cannot allocate a negative amount: %ld", size);
+	return xmalloc(size);
+}
 #define obstack_chunk_free free
 
 #define U(c) ((unsigned char) (c))