diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/wc_mlkem.c b/wolfcrypt/src/wc_mlkem.c
index 7a3b04338a..beedecd0c9 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/wc_mlkem.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/wc_mlkem.c
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ sword16 wc_mlkem_opt_blocker(void) {
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
+#ifndef WOLFSSL_MLKEM_NO_MAKE_KEY
 /* Get the k value (number of polynomials in a vector) from the key type.
  *
  * @param  [in]  key  ML-KEM key object.
@@ -225,6 +226,7 @@ static int mlkemkey_get_k(const MlKemKey* key)
             return 0;
     }
 }
+#endif
 
 #ifdef WOLFSSL_MLKEM_DYNAMIC_KEYS
 /* Allocate (or reallocate) the private key buffer, right-sized for k.
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/wc_mlkem_asm.S b/wolfcrypt/src/wc_mlkem_asm.S
index 7e69add127..9b80cf8d43 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/wc_mlkem_asm.S
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/wc_mlkem_asm.S
@@ -14458,8 +14458,8 @@ L_mlkem_decompress_5_avx2_shuf:
 .p2align	4
 #endif /* __APPLE__ */
 L_mlkem_decompress_5_avx2_mask:
-.short	0x001f,0x03e0,0x007c,0x0f80,0x01f0,0x003e,0x07c0,0x00fb
-.short	0x001f,0x03e0,0x007c,0x0f80,0x01f0,0x003e,0x07c0,0x00fb
+.short	0x001f,0x03e0,0x007c,0x0f80,0x01f0,0x003e,0x07c0,0x00f8
+.short	0x001f,0x03e0,0x007c,0x0f80,0x01f0,0x003e,0x07c0,0x00f8
 #ifndef __APPLE__
 .data
 #else
@@ -15534,6 +15534,9 @@ _mlkem_cmp_avx2:
         vpxor	1504(%rsi), %ymm1, %ymm1
         vpor	%ymm0, %ymm2, %ymm2
         vpor	%ymm1, %ymm3, %ymm3
+        vmovdqu	1536(%rdi), %ymm0
+        vpxor	1536(%rsi), %ymm0, %ymm0
+        vpor	%ymm0, %ymm2, %ymm2
 L_mlkem_cmp_avx2_done:
         vpor	%ymm3, %ymm2, %ymm2
         vptest	%ymm2, %ymm2