diff --git a/pipewire-pulseaudio/src/xmalloc.c b/pipewire-pulseaudio/src/xmalloc.c
index b38af54d0..79f4a6790 100644
--- a/pipewire-pulseaudio/src/xmalloc.c
+++ b/pipewire-pulseaudio/src/xmalloc.c
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 
 static void oom(void) {
 	static const char e[] = "Not enough memory\n";
-	write(STDERR_FILENO, e, sizeof(e)-1);
+	if (write(STDERR_FILENO, e, sizeof(e)-1) < 0)
+		perror("write");
 #ifdef SIGQUIT
 	raise(SIGQUIT);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/modules/module-client-node/v0/client-node.c b/src/modules/module-client-node/v0/client-node.c
index b55ccdcc0..d63690177 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-client-node/v0/client-node.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-client-node/v0/client-node.c
@@ -854,6 +854,9 @@ static int impl_node_process_input(struct spa_node *node)
 	return res;
 }
 
+#if 0
+/** this is used for clients providing data to pipewire and currently
+ * not supported in the compat layer */
 static int impl_node_process_output(struct spa_node *node)
 {
 	struct node *this;
@@ -889,6 +892,7 @@ static int impl_node_process_output(struct spa_node *node)
 
 	return SPA_STATUS_OK;
 }
+#endif
 
 static int impl_node_process(void *object)
 {