diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index f880db45784281dd5210a57b4c85f41d882b6193..5f34aa371b5660c503cfca05e9e0731aba013ea7 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -633,12 +633,8 @@ static void add_event(struct pevent *pevent, struct event_format *event)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	if (!pevent->events)
-		pevent->events = malloc_or_die(sizeof(event));
-	else
-		pevent->events =
-			realloc(pevent->events, sizeof(event) *
-				(pevent->nr_events + 1));
+	pevent->events = realloc(pevent->events, sizeof(event) *
+				 (pevent->nr_events + 1));
 	if (!pevent->events)
 		die("Can not allocate events");
 
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
index f020ac61f9c11f8e5ad2327206fa9e82f9171f42..ad17855528f9adaa82cb37b0e6a8fe7ede2ed755 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
@@ -148,17 +148,11 @@ add_filter_type(struct event_filter *filter, int id)
 	if (filter_type)
 		return filter_type;
 
-	if (!filter->filters)
-		filter->event_filters =
-			malloc_or_die(sizeof(*filter->event_filters));
-	else {
-		filter->event_filters =
-			realloc(filter->event_filters,
-				sizeof(*filter->event_filters) *
-				(filter->filters + 1));
-		if (!filter->event_filters)
-			die("Could not allocate filter");
-	}
+	filter->event_filters =	realloc(filter->event_filters,
+					sizeof(*filter->event_filters) *
+					(filter->filters + 1));
+	if (!filter->event_filters)
+		die("Could not allocate filter");
 
 	for (i = 0; i < filter->filters; i++) {
 		if (filter->event_filters[i].event_id > id)
@@ -1480,7 +1474,7 @@ void pevent_filter_clear_trivial(struct event_filter *filter,
 {
 	struct filter_type *filter_type;
 	int count = 0;
-	int *ids;
+	int *ids = NULL;
 	int i;
 
 	if (!filter->filters)
@@ -1504,10 +1498,8 @@ void pevent_filter_clear_trivial(struct event_filter *filter,
 		default:
 			break;
 		}
-		if (count)
-			ids = realloc(ids, sizeof(*ids) * (count + 1));
-		else
-			ids = malloc(sizeof(*ids));
+
+		ids = realloc(ids, sizeof(*ids) * (count + 1));
 		if (!ids)
 			die("Can't allocate ids");
 		ids[count++] = filter_type->event_id;