diff --git a/src/common/assoc_mgr.c b/src/common/assoc_mgr.c
index 51dee578de1ad9b3e30972419b89a9039fefa905..befdea1a7ae054a082adf4cf74869cb0e9ae935c 100644
--- a/src/common/assoc_mgr.c
+++ b/src/common/assoc_mgr.c
@@ -1738,6 +1738,11 @@ extern int assoc_mgr_update_assocs(acct_update_object_t *update)
 			list_iterator_reset(itr);
 		}
 		while((object = list_next(itr))) {
+			/* The root never changes so just continue
+			   here. */
+			if (object == assoc_mgr_root_assoc)
+				continue;
+
 			/* reset the limits because since a parent
 			   changed we could have different usage
 			*/
diff --git a/src/plugins/accounting_storage/mysql/mysql_jobacct_process.c b/src/plugins/accounting_storage/mysql/mysql_jobacct_process.c
index b864235a6dd77f5fcb18050c8a17e1df4ea5c98b..d42e8c79e8621ce4c4de425454acc84bb98aaa4f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/accounting_storage/mysql/mysql_jobacct_process.c
+++ b/src/plugins/accounting_storage/mysql/mysql_jobacct_process.c
@@ -1059,6 +1059,7 @@ extern List mysql_jobacct_process_get_jobs(mysql_conn_t *mysql_conn, uid_t uid,
 			continue;
 		
 		job = create_jobacct_job_rec();
+		list_append(job_list, job);
 
 		job->alloc_cpus = atoi(row[JOB_REQ_ALLOC_CPUS]);
 		job->alloc_nodes = atoi(row[JOB_REQ_ALLOC_NODES]);
@@ -1203,8 +1204,6 @@ extern List mysql_jobacct_process_get_jobs(mysql_conn_t *mysql_conn, uid_t uid,
 		job->qos = atoi(row[JOB_REQ_QOS]);
 		job->show_full = 1;
 					
-		list_append(job_list, job);
-
 		if(job_cond && job_cond->step_list
 		   && list_count(job_cond->step_list)) {
 			set = 0;
diff --git a/src/plugins/priority/multifactor/priority_multifactor.c b/src/plugins/priority/multifactor/priority_multifactor.c
index bfd306eb8df6ac76fb35424b214754a92682f2c0..aa0e7290a84188902f238c7aea49ffecf77a4d5f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/priority/multifactor/priority_multifactor.c
+++ b/src/plugins/priority/multifactor/priority_multifactor.c
@@ -749,6 +749,12 @@ static void *_decay_thread(void *no_data)
 
 				slurm_mutex_lock(&assoc_mgr_association_lock);
 				while(assoc) {
+					/* we don't want to make the
+					   root assoc responsible for
+					   keeping track of time 
+					*/ 
+					if (assoc == assoc_mgr_root_assoc)
+						break;
 					assoc->grp_used_wall += run_decay;
 					assoc->usage_raw +=
 						(long double)real_decay;
@@ -762,12 +768,6 @@ static void *_decay_thread(void *no_data)
 					       assoc->grp_used_wall);
 				
 					assoc = assoc->parent_assoc_ptr;
-					/* we don't want to make the
-					   root assoc responsible for
-					   keeping track of time 
-					*/ 
-					if (assoc == assoc_mgr_root_assoc)
-						break;
 				}
 				slurm_mutex_unlock(&assoc_mgr_association_lock);
 			}
diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bluegene.c b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bluegene.c
index 2b75c5c82847897cea2b4f227341a61647b64b68..334789b6d791e14227b72e463d4c23b643121f7e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bluegene.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bluegene.c
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ extern int validate_current_blocks(char *dir)
 		return SLURM_SUCCESS;
 
 	last_config_update = time(NULL);
-	curr_block_list = list_create(NULL);
+	curr_block_list = list_create(destroy_bg_record);
 	found_block_list = list_create(NULL);
 //#if 0	
 	/* Check to see if the configs we have are correct */