2 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/journal-remote/journal-gatewayd.c b/src/journal-remote/journal-gatewayd.c
index 1eb07a1681..ebdd9edfc3 100644
--- a/src/journal-remote/journal-gatewayd.c
+++ b/src/journal-remote/journal-gatewayd.c
@@ -103,8 +103,7 @@ static void request_meta_free(
         if (!m)
                 return;
 
-        if (m->journal)
-                sd_journal_close(m->journal);
+        sd_journal_close(m->journal);
 
         if (m->tmp)
                 fclose(m->tmp);
diff --git a/src/journal-remote/journal-remote.c b/src/journal-remote/journal-remote.c
index e3bd76051b..cdcda1cb52 100644
--- a/src/journal-remote/journal-remote.c
+++ b/src/journal-remote/journal-remote.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static int spawn_getter(const char *getter, const char *url) {
         _cleanup_strv_free_ char **words = NULL;
 
         assert(getter);
-        r = strv_split_quoted(&words, getter, 0);
+        r = strv_split_extract(&words, getter, WHITESPACE, EXTRACT_QUOTES);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to split getter option: %m");