diff --git a/lib/java/src/main/java/org/apache/thrift/server/TSaslNonblockingServer.java b/lib/java/src/main/java/org/apache/thrift/server/TSaslNonblockingServer.java
index d8274fd3ca..bdada2c722 100644
--- a/lib/java/src/main/java/org/apache/thrift/server/TSaslNonblockingServer.java
+++ b/lib/java/src/main/java/org/apache/thrift/server/TSaslNonblockingServer.java
@@ -308,9 +308,9 @@ private void closeAfterFailure(Throwable failure, Runnable closeConnection) {
 
     /**
      * Logs a failure without letting the logging itself end this thread: building the message and
-     * rendering the throwable both allocate, which under memory pressure can raise another error, so
-     * everything that allocates stays inside the guard. ThreadDeath and other virtual machine errors
-     * are still allowed through.
+     * rendering the throwable both allocate, which under memory pressure can raise another error,
+     * so everything that allocates stays inside the guard. ThreadDeath and other virtual machine
+     * errors are still allowed through.
      */
     private void logFailure(String message, Throwable failure) {
       try {
diff --git a/lib/php/lib/Transport/TTransport.php b/lib/php/lib/Transport/TTransport.php
index ddbd192533..8d174e5020 100644
--- a/lib/php/lib/Transport/TTransport.php
+++ b/lib/php/lib/Transport/TTransport.php
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public function decrementRecursionDepth(): void
     public function checkStringSize(int $len): void
     {
         $max = TProtocol::DEFAULT_MAX_STRING_SIZE;
-        if ($max > 0 && $len > $max) {
+        if ($len > $max) {
             throw new TProtocolException(
                 "String size ($len) larger than the maximum ($max)",
                 TProtocolException::SIZE_LIMIT