diff --git a/src/sbbs3/js_file.c b/src/sbbs3/js_file.c
index 88f477450854c5ebf2982868717a9d1e90e914f9..d38fd7850c460355ae8a5aa19e4d3d89e7b92697 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/js_file.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/js_file.c
@@ -1931,10 +1931,8 @@ static JSBool js_file_get(JSContext *cx, JSObject *obj, jsid id, jsval *vp)
 	off_t		lng;
 	int			in;
 
-	if((p=(private_t*)JS_GetPrivate(cx,obj))==NULL) {
-		JS_ReportError(cx,getprivate_failure,WHERE);
+	if((p=(private_t*)JS_GetPrivate(cx,obj))==NULL)
 		return(JS_FALSE);
-	}
 
     JS_IdToValue(cx, id, &idval);
     tiny = JSVAL_TO_INT(idval);
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/js_msgbase.c b/src/sbbs3/js_msgbase.c
index 9644f216ab766cbc542accdef188d66efce3c152..8ac08b9abf606aa661b99f2712310451bb97f41e 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/js_msgbase.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/js_msgbase.c
@@ -2033,10 +2033,8 @@ static JSBool js_msgbase_get(JSContext *cx, JSObject *obj, jsid id, jsval *vp)
 	private_t*	p;
 	jsrefcount	rc;
 
-	if((p=(private_t*)JS_GetPrivate(cx,obj))==NULL) {
-		JS_ReportError(cx,getprivate_failure,WHERE);
+	if((p=(private_t*)JS_GetPrivate(cx,obj))==NULL)
 		return(JS_FALSE);
-	}
 
     JS_IdToValue(cx, id, &idval);
     tiny = JSVAL_TO_INT(idval);
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/js_queue.c b/src/sbbs3/js_queue.c
index 4a68f9e5d5e9179df6578f52fa9f3265b35852da..1d16e2fde1751611d5323e1855cbf45787e0af12 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/js_queue.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/js_queue.c
@@ -302,10 +302,8 @@ static JSBool js_queue_get(JSContext *cx, JSObject *obj, jsid id, jsval *vp)
 	msg_queue_t*	q;
 	jsrefcount		rc;
 
-	if((q=(msg_queue_t*)JS_GetPrivate(cx,obj))==NULL) {
-		JS_ReportError(cx,getprivate_failure,WHERE);
-		return(JS_FALSE);
-	}
+	if((q=(msg_queue_t*)JS_GetPrivate(cx,obj))==NULL)
+		return JS_FALSE;
 
     JS_IdToValue(cx, id, &idval);
     tiny = JSVAL_TO_INT(idval);