diff --git a/libsrc/general/array.hpp b/libsrc/general/array.hpp
index 40b6048d..d7eeee34 100644
--- a/libsrc/general/array.hpp
+++ b/libsrc/general/array.hpp
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ namespace netgen
     /// array copy
     ArrayMem & operator= (const FlatArray<T> & a2)
     {
-      SetSize (a2.Size());
+      this->SetSize (a2.Size());
       for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
 	(*this)[i] = a2[i];
       return *this;
diff --git a/libsrc/general/dynamicmem.cpp b/libsrc/general/dynamicmem.cpp
index 56fb1182..ec58b3d4 100644
--- a/libsrc/general/dynamicmem.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/general/dynamicmem.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ namespace netgen
   void BaseDynamicMem :: SetName (const char * aname)
   {
     delete [] name;
+    name = NULL;
     if (aname)
       {
 	name = new char[strlen(aname)+1];