diff --git a/accounts/abi/abi.go b/accounts/abi/abi.go
index 841d3c6cb676..62b860e18c77 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/abi.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/abi.go
@@ -246,7 +246,10 @@ func UnpackRevert(data []byte) (string, error) {
 	if !bytes.Equal(data[:4], revertSelector) {
 		return "", errors.New("invalid data for unpacking")
 	}
-	typ, _ := NewType("string", "", nil)
+	typ, err := NewType("string", "", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
 	unpacked, err := (Arguments{{Type: typ}}).Unpack(data[4:])
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
diff --git a/trie/stacktrie.go b/trie/stacktrie.go
index e7b3171af6e8..83034e29a530 100644
--- a/trie/stacktrie.go
+++ b/trie/stacktrie.go
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ func (st *StackTrie) unmarshalBinary(r io.Reader) error {
 		Val      []byte
 		Key      []byte
 	}
-	gob.NewDecoder(r).Decode(&dec)
+	if err := gob.NewDecoder(r).Decode(&dec); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	st.owner = dec.Owner
 	st.nodeType = dec.NodeType
 	st.val = dec.Val
@@ -158,7 +160,9 @@ func (st *StackTrie) unmarshalBinary(r io.Reader) error {
 			continue
 		}
 		var child StackTrie
-		child.unmarshalBinary(r)
+		if err := child.unmarshalBinary(r); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		st.children[i] = &child
 	}
 	return nil