diff --git a/src/emu/devcpu.c b/src/emu/devcpu.c
index 01c7b29e70a..2bf5d32b0cf 100644
--- a/src/emu/devcpu.c
+++ b/src/emu/devcpu.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ void cpu_device::device_start()
 		state_add(STATE_GENPCBASE, "curpcbase", m_state_io).callimport().callexport().formatstr("%8s").noshow();
 		
 		const char *string = get_legacy_runtime_string(CPUINFO_STR_FLAGS);
-		if (string != NULL)
+		if (string != NULL && string[0] != 0)
 		{
 			astring flagstr;
 			flagstr.printf("%%%ds", strlen(string));
diff --git a/src/emu/diexec.h b/src/emu/diexec.h
index 51c828b9d98..1890a315766 100644
--- a/src/emu/diexec.h
+++ b/src/emu/diexec.h
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ public:
 
 protected:
 	// optional operation overrides
-	virtual INT32 execute_run(INT32 clocks) = 0;
+	virtual INT32 execute_run(INT32 cycles) = 0;
 	virtual void execute_burn(INT32 cycles);
 	virtual void execute_set_input(int linenum, int state);