diff --git a/src/lread.c b/src/lread.c
index 1dac6af6abf..41c6b3e49f0 100644
--- a/src/lread.c
+++ b/src/lread.c
@@ -4515,9 +4515,10 @@ read0 (Lisp_Object readcharfun, bool locate_syms)
       struct read_stack_entry *e = read_stack_top ();
       switch (e->type)
 	{
+#ifdef HAVE_MPS
 	case RE_free:
 	  emacs_abort ();
-
+#endif
 	case RE_list_start:
 	  e->type = RE_list;
 	  e->u.list.head = e->u.list.tail = Fcons (obj, Qnil);
diff --git a/src/print.c b/src/print.c
index 5247e8ae6b1..b87f5d201b1 100644
--- a/src/print.c
+++ b/src/print.c
@@ -1404,6 +1404,7 @@ pp_stack_push_values (Lisp_Object vectorlike, ptrdiff_t start, ptrdiff_t n)
     grow_pp_stack ();
   ppstack.stack[ppstack.sp++]
     = (struct print_pp_entry){ .start = start, .n = n, .u.vectorlike = vectorlike };
+  ppstack.stack[ppstack.sp - 1].is_free = false;
 }
 #else
 static inline void
@@ -1416,7 +1417,6 @@ pp_stack_push_values (Lisp_Object *values, ptrdiff_t n)
     grow_pp_stack ();
   ppstack.stack[ppstack.sp++] = (struct print_pp_entry){.n = n,
 							.u.values = values};
-  ppstack.stack[ppstack.sp - 1].is_free = false;
 }
 #endif