diff --git a/engine/client/cl_parse.c b/engine/client/cl_parse.c
index 208065f2c..05bbbe1b6 100644
--- a/engine/client/cl_parse.c
+++ b/engine/client/cl_parse.c
@@ -1008,6 +1008,9 @@ void CL_ParseChunkedDownload(void)
 
 	MSG_ReadData(data, DLBLOCKSIZE);
 
+	if (!cls.downloadqw)
+		return;
+
 	if (cls.demoplayback)
 	{	//err, yeah, when playing demos we don't actually pay any attention to this.
 		return;
diff --git a/engine/client/fragstats.c b/engine/client/fragstats.c
index 03bc17319..1e41abe8f 100644
--- a/engine/client/fragstats.c
+++ b/engine/client/fragstats.c
@@ -487,6 +487,8 @@ void Stats_ParsePrintLine(char *line)
 			{	//two players
 				m2 = line + strlen(ms->msgpart1);
 				p2 = Stats_ExtractName(&m2);
+				if (!ms->msgpart2)
+					continue;
 				if (!qm_stricmp(ms->msgpart2, m2))
 				{
 					Stats_Evaluate(ms->type, ms->wid, p1, p2);