diff --git a/libvips/arithmetic/im_avg.c b/libvips/arithmetic/im_avg.c
index dc29aff7..b0bf74aa 100644
--- a/libvips/arithmetic/im_avg.c
+++ b/libvips/arithmetic/im_avg.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ im__value( IMAGE *im, double *value )
 	IMAGE *t;
 
 	if( !(t = im_open_local( im, "im__value", "p" )) ||
-		im_extract_area( im, t, 0, 0, 1, 1 ) ||
+		im_extract_areabands( im, t, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1 ) ||
 		im_avg( t, value ) )
 		return( -1 );
 
diff --git a/libvips/arithmetic/im_minpos.c b/libvips/arithmetic/im_minpos.c
index 637b5fe1..eeb2ea96 100644
--- a/libvips/arithmetic/im_minpos.c
+++ b/libvips/arithmetic/im_minpos.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ minpos_stop( void *seq, void *a, void *b )
 
 	/* Merge.
 	 */
-	if( minpos->min > global_minpos->min ) 
+	if( minpos->min < global_minpos->min ) 
 		*global_minpos = *minpos;
 
 	im_free( seq );