diff --git a/src/anchor.c b/src/anchor.c
index 498ab7ca..ab48cb6a 100644
--- a/src/anchor.c
+++ b/src/anchor.c
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ static inline const char * rt_str(uint16_t rt)
 
 static int tas_busy(tas_connection *a)
 {
-	return a->req != NULL;
+	return a && a->req != NULL;
 }
 
 static int tas_fetching(tas_connection *a)
@@ -982,6 +982,7 @@ static void tas_doc_read(getdns_context *context, tas_connection *a)
 	    (int)a->tcp.read_buf_len, (char *)a->tcp.read_buf);
 
 	assert(a->tcp.read_pos == a->tcp.read_buf + a->tcp.read_buf_len);
+	assert(context);
 
 	if (a->state == TAS_READ_XML_DOC) {
 		if (a->xml.data)
diff --git a/src/test/tpkg/310-dependencies.tpkg/310-dependencies.test b/src/test/tpkg/310-dependencies.tpkg/310-dependencies.test
index 985c420d..ef88d699 100644
--- a/src/test/tpkg/310-dependencies.tpkg/310-dependencies.test
+++ b/src/test/tpkg/310-dependencies.tpkg/310-dependencies.test
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ find . -type f -name "Makefile.in" -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f  && (
 )
 (
 	cd "${BUILDDIR}/build-event-loops"
+	if test "`hostname`" != "bonobo"
+	then
+		echo Sorry, running dependency test on bonobo only
+		exit 0
+	fi
 	if ! ./config.status --config | grep -q 'enable-all-drafts.*--with-libevent.*--with-libev.*--with-libuv'
 	then
 		echo Skipping because not covering enough code