diff --git a/plugins/modules/get_certificate.py b/plugins/modules/get_certificate.py
index 7de6e114e..19e0b7afe 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/get_certificate.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/get_certificate.py
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ def main():
                     # If the item is not a string nor integer
                     else:
                         module.fail_json(msg="tls_ctx_options must be a string or integer, got {0!r}".format(tls_ctx_option))
+                        tls_ctx_option_int = 0  # make pylint happy; this code is actually unreachable
 
                     try:
                         # Add the int value of the item to ctx options
diff --git a/plugins/modules/openssl_dhparam.py b/plugins/modules/openssl_dhparam.py
index 2c7d93541..a2327d549 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/openssl_dhparam.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/openssl_dhparam.py
@@ -398,6 +398,8 @@ def main():
                 module.fail_json(msg=missing_required_lib('cryptography >= {0}'.format(MINIMAL_CRYPTOGRAPHY_VERSION)),
                                  exception=CRYPTOGRAPHY_IMP_ERR)
             dhparam = DHParameterCryptography(module)
+        else:
+            raise AssertionError('Internal error: unknown backend')
 
         if module.check_mode:
             result = dhparam.dump()