diff --git a/src/video/directfb/SDL_DirectFB_render.c b/src/video/directfb/SDL_DirectFB_render.c
index 4a1bf46b8..b784023ce 100644
--- a/src/video/directfb/SDL_DirectFB_render.c
+++ b/src/video/directfb/SDL_DirectFB_render.c
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ DirectFB_RenderReadPixels(SDL_Renderer * renderer, const SDL_Rect * rect,
                      Uint32 format, void * pixels, int pitch)
 {
     Uint32 sdl_format;
-    void * laypixels;
+    unsigned char* laypixels;
     int laypitch;
     DFBSurfacePixelFormat dfb_format;
     DirectFB_RenderData *data = (DirectFB_RenderData *) renderer->driverdata;
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ DirectFB_RenderWritePixels(SDL_Renderer * renderer, const SDL_Rect * rect,
     SDL_Window *window = renderer->window;
     SDL_DFB_WINDOWDATA(window);
     Uint32 sdl_format;
-    void * laypixels;
+    unsigned char* laypixels;
     int laypitch;
     DFBSurfacePixelFormat dfb_format;
 
diff --git a/src/video/directfb/SDL_DirectFB_shape.c b/src/video/directfb/SDL_DirectFB_shape.c
index 3239e3021..c7d681ab9 100644
--- a/src/video/directfb/SDL_DirectFB_shape.c
+++ b/src/video/directfb/SDL_DirectFB_shape.c
@@ -37,17 +37,19 @@ DirectFB_CreateShapedWindow(const char *title,unsigned int x,unsigned int y,unsi
 SDL_WindowShaper*
 DirectFB_CreateShaper(SDL_Window* window) {
     SDL_WindowShaper* result = NULL;
+    SDL_ShapeData* data;
+    int resized_properly;
 
     result = malloc(sizeof(SDL_WindowShaper));
     result->window = window;
     result->mode.mode = ShapeModeDefault;
     result->mode.parameters.binarizationCutoff = 1;
     result->userx = result->usery = 0;
-    SDL_ShapeData* data = SDL_malloc(sizeof(SDL_ShapeData));
+    data = SDL_malloc(sizeof(SDL_ShapeData));
     result->driverdata = data;
     data->surface = NULL;
     window->shaper = result;
-    int resized_properly = DirectFB_ResizeWindowShape(window);
+    resized_properly = DirectFB_ResizeWindowShape(window);
     SDL_assert(resized_properly == 0);
 
     return result;