diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/icu.c b/src/calibre/utils/icu.c
index 36902dbdd2..d06ea8606a 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/icu.c
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/icu.c
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ icu_Collator_collation_order(icu_Collator *self, PyObject *a_) {
     order = ucol_next(iter, &status);
     len = ucol_getOffset(iter);
 end:
-    if (iter != NULL) ucol_closeElements(iter); iter = NULL;
+    if (iter != NULL) { ucol_closeElements(iter); iter = NULL; }
     if (a != NULL) free(a);
     if (PyErr_Occurred()) return NULL;
     return Py_BuildValue("ii", order, len);
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/matcher.c b/src/calibre/utils/matcher.c
index 72715cc0ae..975c996f4f 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/matcher.c
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/matcher.c
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ static void free_matcher(Matcher *self) {
     }
     nullfree(self->items); nullfree(self->item_lengths);
     nullfree(self->level1); nullfree(self->level2); nullfree(self->level3);
-    if (self->collator != NULL) ucol_close(self->collator); self->collator = NULL;
+    if (self->collator != NULL) { ucol_close(self->collator); self->collator = NULL; }
 }
 static void
 Matcher_dealloc(Matcher* self)