diff --git a/source/blender/draw/intern/draw_common.c b/source/blender/draw/intern/draw_common.c
index 9151c0bd68b..2cbea2ae6d5 100644
--- a/source/blender/draw/intern/draw_common.c
+++ b/source/blender/draw/intern/draw_common.c
@@ -295,9 +295,10 @@ int DRW_object_wire_theme_get(Object *ob, ViewLayer *view_layer, float **r_color
 {
   const DRWContextState *draw_ctx = DRW_context_state_get();
   const bool is_edit = (draw_ctx->object_mode & OB_MODE_EDIT) && (ob->mode & OB_MODE_EDIT);
-  const bool active = (ob->base_flag & BASE_FROM_DUPLI) ?
-                          (DRW_object_get_dupli_parent(ob) == view_layer->basact->object) :
-                          (view_layer->basact && view_layer->basact->object == ob);
+  const bool active = view_layer->basact &&
+                      ((ob->base_flag & BASE_FROM_DUPLI) ?
+                           (DRW_object_get_dupli_parent(ob) == view_layer->basact->object) :
+                           (view_layer->basact->object == ob));
 
   /* confusing logic here, there are 2 methods of setting the color
    * 'colortab[colindex]' and 'theme_id', colindex overrides theme_id.
diff --git a/tests/performance/api/environment.py b/tests/performance/api/environment.py
index eec92cc7b6b..235a1805ba9 100644
--- a/tests/performance/api/environment.py
+++ b/tests/performance/api/environment.py
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ class TestEnvironment:
         output_prefix = 'TEST_OUTPUT: '
 
         expression = (f'import sys, pickle, base64\n'
-                      f'sys.path.append("{package_path}")\n'
+                      f'sys.path.append(r"{package_path}")\n'
                       f'import {modulename}\n'
                       f'args = pickle.loads(base64.b64decode({args}))\n'
                       f'result = {modulename}.{functionname}(args)\n'