diff --git a/tools/cldr-code/src/main/java/org/unicode/cldr/test/CheckConsistentCasing.java b/tools/cldr-code/src/main/java/org/unicode/cldr/test/CheckConsistentCasing.java
index c579b37ad46..f8a064cf6e3 100644
--- a/tools/cldr-code/src/main/java/org/unicode/cldr/test/CheckConsistentCasing.java
+++ b/tools/cldr-code/src/main/java/org/unicode/cldr/test/CheckConsistentCasing.java
@@ -64,19 +64,19 @@ public CheckCLDR handleSetCldrFileToCheck(
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 types = Collections.emptyMap();
             }
+            if ((types == null || types.isEmpty()) && !SpecialLocales.isScratchLocale(locale)) {
+                possibleErrors.add(
+                        new CheckStatus()
+                                .setCause(this)
+                                .setMainType(CheckStatus.warningType)
+                                .setSubtype(Subtype.incorrectCasing)
+                                .setMessage("Could not load casing info for {0}", locale));
+            }
         } else {
             // no casing info - since the types Map is global, and null checks aren't done,
             // we are better off  with an empty map here
             types = Collections.emptyMap();
         }
-        if ((types == null || types.isEmpty()) && !SpecialLocales.isScratchLocale(locale)) {
-            possibleErrors.add(
-                    new CheckStatus()
-                            .setCause(this)
-                            .setMainType(CheckStatus.warningType)
-                            .setSubtype(Subtype.incorrectCasing)
-                            .setMessage("Could not load casing info for {0}", locale));
-        }
         // types may be null, avoid NPE
         hasCasingInfo = (types == null) ? false : types.size() > 0;
         return this;
diff --git a/tools/cldr-code/src/main/java/org/unicode/cldr/test/CheckCoverage.java b/tools/cldr-code/src/main/java/org/unicode/cldr/test/CheckCoverage.java
index cae7bba61a2..7bf4fc65b7f 100644
--- a/tools/cldr-code/src/main/java/org/unicode/cldr/test/CheckCoverage.java
+++ b/tools/cldr-code/src/main/java/org/unicode/cldr/test/CheckCoverage.java
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ public CheckCLDR handleSetCldrFileToCheck(
             supplementalData =
                     SupplementalDataInfo.getInstance(cldrFileToCheck.getSupplementalDirectory());
             coverageLevel = CoverageLevel2.getInstance(supplementalData, localeID);
-            PluralInfo pluralInfo = supplementalData.getPlurals(PluralType.cardinal, localeID);
+            PluralInfo pluralInfo =
+                    supplementalData.getPlurals(PluralType.cardinal, localeID, false);
             if (pluralInfo == supplementalData.getPlurals(PluralType.cardinal, LocaleNames.ROOT)
                     && !SpecialLocales.isScratchLocale(localeID)) {
                 possibleErrors.add(