diff --git a/www/common/outer/async-store.js b/www/common/outer/async-store.js
index 10e915520..d82b52d3f 100644
--- a/www/common/outer/async-store.js
+++ b/www/common/outer/async-store.js
@@ -1628,11 +1628,11 @@ define([
         // data.send === true  ==> send the request
         Store.requestPadAccess = function (clientId, data, cb) {
             var owner = data.owner;
-            var owners = data.owners;
 
             // If the owner was not is the pad metadata, check if it is a friend.
             // We'll contact the first owner for whom we know the mailbox
             /* // XXX check mailbox in our contacts is not compatible with the new "mute pad" feature
+            var owners = data.owners;
             if (!owner && Array.isArray(owners)) {
                 var friends = store.proxy.friends || {};
                 // If we have friends, check if an owner is one of them (with a mailbox)
diff --git a/www/common/sframe-common-outer.js b/www/common/sframe-common-outer.js
index 4d2cd08f1..f5b0baeb4 100644
--- a/www/common/sframe-common-outer.js
+++ b/www/common/sframe-common-outer.js
@@ -1331,7 +1331,6 @@ define([
                     // Get and maybe migrate the existing mailbox object
                     var owners = metadata.owners;
                     if (!Array.isArray(owners) || owners.indexOf(edPublic) === -1) {
-                        waitFor.abort();
                         return void cb({ error: 'INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS' });
                     }