diff --git a/array.c b/array.c
index 1c8172aef4..ee69729e3b 100644
--- a/array.c
+++ b/array.c
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ rb_ary_slice_bang(argc, argv, ary)
     if (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11", &arg1, &arg2) == 2) {
 	pos = NUM2LONG(arg1);
 	len = NUM2LONG(arg2);
-delete_pos_len:
+      delete_pos_len:
 	if (pos < 0) {
 	    pos = RARRAY(ary)->len + pos;
 	}
@@ -1288,9 +1288,7 @@ delete_pos_len:
 	goto delete_pos_len;
     }
 
-    rb_ary_delete_at(ary, NUM2LONG(arg1));
-
-    return arg2;
+    return rb_ary_delete_at(ary, NUM2LONG(arg1));
 }
 
 static VALUE
diff --git a/compar.c b/compar.c
index 43e31693f3..ebdd47a8d7 100644
--- a/compar.c
+++ b/compar.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ cmp_equal(x, y)
 {
     VALUE c = rb_funcall(x, cmp, 1, y);
 
-    if (NIL_P(c)) return Qnil;
+    if (NIL_P(c)) return Qfalse;
     if (NUM2LONG(c) == 0) return Qtrue;
     return Qfalse;
 }