2 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/amount.cc b/amount.cc
index e0507c7c..a99f7d73 100644
--- a/amount.cc
+++ b/amount.cc
@@ -906,15 +906,13 @@ void amount_t::write_quantity(std::ostream& out) const
 
 void amount_t::read_quantity(std::istream& in)
 {
-  assert(! quantity);
-
   char byte;
   in.read(&byte, sizeof(byte));
 
-  if (byte == 0)
-    return;
-
-  if (byte == 1) {
+  if (byte == 0) {
+    quantity = NULL;
+  }
+  else if (byte == 1) {
     quantity = new(bigints_next++) bigint_t;
     quantity->flags |= BIGINT_BULK_ALLOC;
 
diff --git a/binary.cc b/binary.cc
index 0d71a11b..3d2f8edc 100644
--- a/binary.cc
+++ b/binary.cc
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ inline void read_binary_transaction(std::istream& in, transaction_t * xact,
   xact->account = accounts[read_binary_number<account_t::ident_t>(in) - 1];
   xact->account->add_transaction(xact);
 
-  new ((amount_t *) &xact->amount) amount_t;
   read_binary_amount(in, xact->amount);
 
   if (read_binary_number<char>(in) == 1) {