diff --git a/src/pk.c b/src/pk.c
index b4515783c..718e75adb 100644
--- a/src/pk.c
+++ b/src/pk.c
@@ -12659,7 +12659,7 @@ point_conversion_form_t wolfSSL_EC_KEY_get_conv_form(const WOLFSSL_EC_KEY* key)
     int ret = -1;
 
     if (key != NULL) {
-        ret = (int)(unsigned char)key->form;
+        ret = key->form;
     }
 
     return ret;
diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index d9859b840..4c8bfe68c 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -22959,7 +22959,7 @@ int wolfSSL_i2d_PublicKey(const WOLFSSL_EVP_PKEY *key, unsigned char **der)
     unsigned char *local_der = NULL;
     word32 local_derSz = 0;
     unsigned char *pub_der = NULL;
-    ecc_key eccKey;
+    ecc_key *eccKey = NULL;
     word32 inOutIdx = 0;
 #endif
     word32 pub_derSz = 0;
@@ -22996,15 +22996,23 @@ int wolfSSL_i2d_PublicKey(const WOLFSSL_EVP_PKEY *key, unsigned char **der)
     }
 
     if (ret == 0) {
-        ret = wc_ecc_init(&eccKey);
+        eccKey = (ecc_key *)XMALLOC(sizeof(*eccKey), NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_ECC);
+        if (eccKey == NULL) {
+            WOLFSSL_MSG("Failed to allocate key buffer.");
+            ret = WOLFSSL_FATAL_ERROR;
+        }
     }
 
     if (ret == 0) {
-        ret = wc_EccPublicKeyDecode(local_der, &inOutIdx, &eccKey, local_derSz);
+        ret = wc_ecc_init(eccKey);
     }
 
     if (ret == 0) {
-        pub_derSz = wc_EccPublicKeyDerSize(&eccKey, 0);
+        ret = wc_EccPublicKeyDecode(local_der, &inOutIdx, eccKey, local_derSz);
+    }
+
+    if (ret == 0) {
+        pub_derSz = wc_EccPublicKeyDerSize(eccKey, 0);
         if (pub_derSz <= 0) {
             ret = WOLFSSL_FAILURE;
         }
@@ -23020,7 +23028,7 @@ int wolfSSL_i2d_PublicKey(const WOLFSSL_EVP_PKEY *key, unsigned char **der)
     }
 
     if (ret == 0) {
-        pub_derSz = wc_EccPublicKeyToDer(&eccKey, pub_der, pub_derSz, 0);
+        pub_derSz = wc_EccPublicKeyToDer(eccKey, pub_der, pub_derSz, 0);
         if (pub_derSz <= 0) {
             ret = WOLFSSL_FATAL_ERROR;
         }
@@ -23049,7 +23057,9 @@ int wolfSSL_i2d_PublicKey(const WOLFSSL_EVP_PKEY *key, unsigned char **der)
     XFREE(pub_der, NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_PUBLIC_KEY);
     XFREE(local_der, NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_PUBLIC_KEY);
 
-    wc_ecc_free(&eccKey);
+    wc_ecc_free(eccKey);
+    XFREE(eccKey, NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_ECC);
+
 #else
     ret = WOLFSSL_FATAL_ERROR;
 #endif /* HAVE_ECC */
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/pwdbased.c b/wolfcrypt/src/pwdbased.c
index 4d7434557..5d177d476 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/pwdbased.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/pwdbased.c
@@ -581,8 +581,7 @@ static void scryptSalsa(word32* out, word32* in)
     word32 x[16];
 
 #ifdef LITTLE_ENDIAN_ORDER
-    for (i = 0; i < 16; ++i)
-        x[i] = in[i];
+    XMEMCPY(x, in, sizeof(x));
 #else
     for (i = 0; i < 16; i++)
         x[i] = ByteReverseWord32(in[i]);
@@ -623,15 +622,14 @@ static void scryptSalsa(word32* out, word32* in)
  */
 static void scryptBlockMix(byte* b, byte* y, int r)
 {
-    byte x[64];
 #ifdef WORD64_AVAILABLE
+    word64  x[8];
     word64* b64 = (word64*)b;
     word64* y64 = (word64*)y;
-    word64* x64 = (word64*)x;
 #else
+    word32  x[16];
     word32* b32 = (word32*)b;
     word32* y32 = (word32*)y;
-    word32* x32 = (word32*)x;
 #endif
     int  i;
     int  j;
@@ -643,10 +641,11 @@ static void scryptBlockMix(byte* b, byte* y, int r)
     {
 #ifdef WORD64_AVAILABLE
         for (j = 0; j < 8; j++)
-            x64[j] ^= b64[i * 8 + j];
+            x[j] ^= b64[i * 8 + j];
+
 #else
         for (j = 0; j < 16; j++)
-            x32[j] ^= b32[i * 16 + j];
+            x[j] ^= b32[i * 16 + j];
 #endif
         scryptSalsa((word32*)x, (word32*)x);
         XMEMCPY(y + i * 64, x, sizeof(x));
diff --git a/wolfssl/openssl/ec.h b/wolfssl/openssl/ec.h
index 3fb5270f5..065c63ceb 100644
--- a/wolfssl/openssl/ec.h
+++ b/wolfssl/openssl/ec.h
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ struct WOLFSSL_EC_KEY {
 
     void*          internal;     /* our ECC Key */
     void*          heap;
-    char           form;         /* Either POINT_CONVERSION_UNCOMPRESSED or
+    unsigned char  form;         /* Either POINT_CONVERSION_UNCOMPRESSED or
                                   * POINT_CONVERSION_COMPRESSED */
     word16 pkcs8HeaderSz;