diff --git a/Magick++/lib/Image.cpp b/Magick++/lib/Image.cpp
index db28e9efb8..0ae689c34f 100644
--- a/Magick++/lib/Image.cpp
+++ b/Magick++/lib/Image.cpp
@@ -3119,7 +3119,7 @@ void Magick::Image::fontTypeMetricsMultiline(const std::string &text_,
 
   drawInfo=options()->drawInfo();
   drawInfo->text=const_cast<char *>(text_.c_str());
-  GetMultilineTypeMetrics(image(),drawInfo,&(metrics->_typeMetric));
+  (void) GetMultilineTypeMetrics(image(),drawInfo,&(metrics->_typeMetric));
   drawInfo->text=0;
 }
 
diff --git a/coders/json.c b/coders/json.c
index fe2b5ffd52..8793a6d8a5 100644
--- a/coders/json.c
+++ b/coders/json.c
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ static MagickBooleanType EncodeImageAttributes(Image *image,FILE *file)
     JSONFormatLocaleFile(file,"    \"baseType\": %s,\n",
       CommandOptionToMnemonic(MagickTypeOptions,(ssize_t) image->type));
   if (version < 1.0)
-    JSONFormatLocaleFile(file,"    \"endianness\": %s,\n",
+    JSONFormatLocaleFile(file,"    \"endianess\": %s,\n",
       CommandOptionToMnemonic(MagickEndianOptions,(ssize_t) image->endian));
   else
     JSONFormatLocaleFile(file,"    \"endianness\": %s,\n",
diff --git a/coders/tiff.c b/coders/tiff.c
index 9c22d7ce24..8945851172 100644
--- a/coders/tiff.c
+++ b/coders/tiff.c
@@ -2790,13 +2790,13 @@ static MagickBooleanType GetTIFFInfo(const ImageInfo *image_info,TIFF *tiff,
         extent;
 
       uint32
-        rows,
-        rows_per_strip;
+        rows = 0,
+        rows_per_strip = 0;
 
       extent=TIFFScanlineSize(tiff);
       rows_per_strip=TIFFStripSizeDefault/(extent == 0 ? 1 : (uint32) extent);
       rows_per_strip=16*(((rows_per_strip < 16 ? 16 : rows_per_strip)+1)/16);
-      TIFFGetField(tiff,TIFFTAG_IMAGELENGTH,&rows);
+      (void) TIFFGetField(tiff,TIFFTAG_IMAGELENGTH,&rows);
       if (rows_per_strip > rows)
         rows_per_strip=rows;
       option=GetImageOption(image_info,"tiff:rows-per-strip");
diff --git a/coders/webp.c b/coders/webp.c
index e2f7267058..58a438c790 100644
--- a/coders/webp.c
+++ b/coders/webp.c
@@ -867,12 +867,15 @@ static MagickBooleanType WriteAnimatedWEBPImage(const ImageInfo *image_info,
   WebPPicture
     picture;
 
+  image=CoalesceImages(image, exception);
+  if (image == (Image *) NULL)
+    return(MagickFalse);
+  first_image=image;
+
   WebPAnimEncoderOptionsInit(&enc_options);
   if (image_info->verbose)
     enc_options.verbose = 1;
 
-  image=CoalesceImages(image, exception);
-  first_image=image;
   enc=WebPAnimEncoderNew((int) image->page.width,(int) image->page.height,
     &enc_options);
 
diff --git a/magick/attribute.c b/magick/attribute.c
index 84e7321c7c..13c859f0fd 100644
--- a/magick/attribute.c
+++ b/magick/attribute.c
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@ static double GetEdgeBackgroundFactor(const Image *image,
       break;
     }
   }
+  if (p == (const PixelPacket *) NULL)
+    return(0.0);
   GetMagickPixelPacket(image,&background);
   SetMagickPixelPacket(image,p,(IndexPacket *) NULL,&background);
   artifact=GetImageArtifact(image,"background");
diff --git a/magick/cache.c b/magick/cache.c
index fd0e1d9ca7..5f8e1a1bd3 100644
--- a/magick/cache.c
+++ b/magick/cache.c
@@ -763,6 +763,7 @@ MagickExport void ClonePixelCacheMethods(Cache clone,const Cache cache)
 %                                                                             %
 %                                                                             %
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %
+%
 %  ClonePixelCacheRepository() clones the source pixel cache to the destination
 %  cache.
 %
@@ -4310,7 +4311,9 @@ MagickExport MagickBooleanType PersistPixelCache(Image *image,
   clone_info->length=cache_info->length;
   clone_info->channels=cache_info->channels;
   clone_info->offset=(*offset);
-  status=ClonePixelCacheRepository(clone_info,cache_info,exception);
+  status=OpenPixelCacheOnDisk(clone_info,WriteMode);
+  if (status != MagickFalse)
+    status=ClonePixelCacheRepository(clone_info,cache_info,exception);
   *offset+=cache_info->length+page_size-(cache_info->length % page_size);
   clone_info=(CacheInfo *) DestroyPixelCache(clone_info);
   return(status);
diff --git a/magick/geometry.c b/magick/geometry.c
index f1a389f4d4..f29ffa6cf2 100644
--- a/magick/geometry.c
+++ b/magick/geometry.c
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ MagickExport MagickStatusType GetGeometry(const char *geometry,ssize_t *x,
       {
         if (*(p+1) == ')')
           return(flags);
+        (void) CopyMagickString(p,p+1,MaxTextExtent);
+        break;
       }
       case ')':
       {
diff --git a/magick/statistic.c b/magick/statistic.c
index f40909aae0..06dc43409b 100644
--- a/magick/statistic.c
+++ b/magick/statistic.c
@@ -364,12 +364,8 @@ static MagickRealType ApplyEvaluateOperator(RandomInfo *random_info,
     }
     case PowEvaluateOperator:
     {
-      if (pixel < 0)
-        result=(MagickRealType) -(QuantumRange*pow((double) -(QuantumScale*
-          pixel),(double) value));
-      else
-        result=(MagickRealType) (QuantumRange*pow((double) (QuantumScale*pixel),
-          (double) value));
+      result=(MagickRealType) (QuantumRange*pow((double) (QuantumScale*pixel),
+        (double) value));
       break;
     }
     case RightShiftEvaluateOperator: