diff --git a/compiler/libpc300/sc1.c b/compiler/libpc300/sc1.c
index 0fe2b086..00c73ae7 100755
--- a/compiler/libpc300/sc1.c
+++ b/compiler/libpc300/sc1.c
@@ -4833,7 +4833,7 @@ static void test(int label,int parens,int invert)
   if (parens)
     needtoken(')');
   if (ident==iARRAY || ident==iREFARRAY) {
-    char *ptr=(sym->name!=NULL) ? sym->name : "-unknown-";
+    char *ptr=(sym!=NULL) ? sym->name : "-unknown-";
     error(33,ptr);              /* array must be indexed */
   } /* if */
   if (ident==iCONSTEXPR) {      /* constant expression */
diff --git a/compiler/libpc300/sc3.c b/compiler/libpc300/sc3.c
index 13c45c42..d7857868 100755
--- a/compiler/libpc300/sc3.c
+++ b/compiler/libpc300/sc3.c
@@ -1045,10 +1045,10 @@ static int hier13(value *lval)
     array1= (lval->ident==iARRAY || lval->ident==iREFARRAY);
     array2= (lval2.ident==iARRAY || lval2.ident==iREFARRAY);
     if (array1 && !array2) {
-      char *ptr=(lval->sym!=NULL && lval->sym->name!=NULL) ? lval->sym->name : "-unknown-";
+      char *ptr=(lval->sym!=NULL) ? lval->sym->name : "-unknown-";
       error(33,ptr);            /* array must be indexed */
     } else if (!array1 && array2) {
-      char *ptr=(lval2.sym!=NULL && lval2.sym->name!=NULL) ? lval2.sym->name : "-unknown-";
+      char *ptr=(lval2.sym!=NULL) ? lval2.sym->name : "-unknown-";
       error(33,ptr);            /* array must be indexed */
     } /* if */
     /* ??? if both are arrays, should check dimensions */