diff --git a/plugins/varnish4/varnish4_ b/plugins/varnish4/varnish4_
index 5ba23dad..f348151e 100644
--- a/plugins/varnish4/varnish4_
+++ b/plugins/varnish4/varnish4_
@@ -885,7 +885,6 @@ sub usage
 my %state = (
 	'stat' => 0,     # inside <stat> or not
 	'field' => 'none', # <name>, <value>, <stat>, etc.
-	'values' => ()
 );
 
 # Reset the state of XML, mainly used for end-elements.
@@ -924,7 +923,7 @@ sub xml_commit_state
 		if ($key eq 'flag') {
 			$data = translate_type($data);
 		}
-		if (defined($type) and $type ne "") {
+		if (defined($type) and $type ne "" and defined($ident) and $ident ne "") {
 			$data{$type}{$ident}{$name}{$key} = $data;
 		} else {
 			$data{$name}{$key} = $data