diff --git a/opal/mca/hwloc/base/hwloc_base_util.c b/opal/mca/hwloc/base/hwloc_base_util.c
index 98729afa1f..fb850f807f 100644
--- a/opal/mca/hwloc/base/hwloc_base_util.c
+++ b/opal/mca/hwloc/base/hwloc_base_util.c
@@ -1094,7 +1094,9 @@ static hwloc_obj_t df_search_level(hwloc_obj_t start,
         } else if (HWLOC_OBJ_PU == start->type) {
             *bind_level = OPAL_HWLOC_HWTHREAD_LEVEL;
         } else {
-            *bind_level = 0;
+            /* We don't know what level it is, so just assign it to
+               "node" */
+            *bind_level = OPAL_HWLOC_NODE_LEVEL;
         }
         return start;
     }
diff --git a/orte/mca/rmaps/ppr/rmaps_ppr.c b/orte/mca/rmaps/ppr/rmaps_ppr.c
index dc7468c96d..af167aa1f8 100644
--- a/orte/mca/rmaps/ppr/rmaps_ppr.c
+++ b/orte/mca/rmaps/ppr/rmaps_ppr.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static void prune(orte_jobid_t jobid,
             /* done */
             return;
         }
-        *level -= 1;
+        --(*level);
         prune(jobid, app_idx, node, level, nmapped);
         return;
     }
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ static void prune(orte_jobid_t jobid,
     if (0 == ll) {
         return;
     }
-    *level -= 1;
+    --(*level);
     prune(jobid, app_idx, node, level, nmapped);
     return;
 
diff --git a/orte/util/nidmap.c b/orte/util/nidmap.c
index 335afc1347..7e717b0960 100644
--- a/orte/util/nidmap.c
+++ b/orte/util/nidmap.c
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ int orte_util_decode_pidmap(opal_byte_object_t *bo)
     orte_local_rank_t *local_rank=NULL;
     orte_node_rank_t *node_rank=NULL;
 #if OPAL_HAVE_HWLOC
-    opal_hwloc_level_t bind_level = 0;
+    opal_hwloc_level_t bind_level = OPAL_HWLOC_NODE_LEVEL;
     unsigned int *bind_idx=NULL;
 #endif
     orte_std_cntr_t n;