diff --git a/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.c b/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.c
index 327fab313432585e0dfdd34a5d949701c045aeea..09dc32b3772f4c591ce839d04ecfc8214f918d64 100644
--- a/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.c
@@ -2588,10 +2588,8 @@ virNWFilterLoadAllConfigs(virConnectPtr conn,
         if (!virFileHasSuffix(entry->d_name, ".xml"))
             continue;
 
-        if (!(path = virFileBuildPath(configDir, entry->d_name, NULL))) {
-            virReportOOMError();
+        if (!(path = virFileBuildPath(configDir, entry->d_name, NULL)))
             continue;
-        }
 
         nwfilter = virNWFilterObjLoad(conn, nwfilters, entry->d_name, path);
         if (nwfilter)
@@ -2627,7 +2625,6 @@ virNWFilterObjSaveDef(virNWFilterDriverStatePtr driver,
 
         if (!(nwfilter->configFile = virFileBuildPath(driver->configDir,
                                                       def->name, ".xml"))) {
-            virReportOOMError();
             return -1;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/conf/storage_conf.c b/src/conf/storage_conf.c
index 5a069f54042e2ba646e1d41edcf35d1884575c7c..116898d85497092c42f4cabb1d73ea190f90c1d7 100644
--- a/src/conf/storage_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/storage_conf.c
@@ -1483,14 +1483,11 @@ virStoragePoolLoadAllConfigs(virStoragePoolObjListPtr pools,
         if (!virFileHasSuffix(entry->d_name, ".xml"))
             continue;
 
-        if (!(path = virFileBuildPath(configDir, entry->d_name, NULL))) {
-            virReportOOMError();
+        if (!(path = virFileBuildPath(configDir, entry->d_name, NULL)))
             continue;
-        }
 
         if (!(autostartLink = virFileBuildPath(autostartDir, entry->d_name,
                                                NULL))) {
-            virReportOOMError();
             VIR_FREE(path);
             continue;
         }
@@ -1529,13 +1526,11 @@ virStoragePoolObjSaveDef(virStorageDriverStatePtr driver,
 
         if (!(pool->configFile = virFileBuildPath(driver->configDir,
                                                   def->name, ".xml"))) {
-            virReportOOMError();
             return -1;
         }
 
         if (!(pool->autostartLink = virFileBuildPath(driver->autostartDir,
                                                      def->name, ".xml"))) {
-            virReportOOMError();
             VIR_FREE(pool->configFile);
             return -1;
         }
diff --git a/src/util/util.c b/src/util/util.c
index de4e3b33f7dd138ac6bae294a0af1a3df51a9667..1bb032824be93950d8f2a34a77ef380bc4ddf415 100644
--- a/src/util/util.c
+++ b/src/util/util.c
@@ -1829,10 +1829,12 @@ virFileBuildPath(const char *dir, const char *name, const char *ext)
 
     if (ext == NULL) {
         if (virAsprintf(&path, "%s/%s", dir, name) < 0) {
+            virReportOOMError();
             return NULL;
         }
     } else {
         if (virAsprintf(&path, "%s/%s%s", dir, name, ext) < 0) {
+            virReportOOMError();
             return NULL;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/xen/xen_inotify.c b/src/xen/xen_inotify.c
index d809c45489a95d9c3ea5e7b99170093477a8b94a..9dde72cc22ada67dd4318957a4cb41a91728b069 100644
--- a/src/xen/xen_inotify.c
+++ b/src/xen/xen_inotify.c
@@ -415,7 +415,6 @@ xenInotifyOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
 
             /* Build the full file path */
             if (!(path = virFileBuildPath(priv->configDir, ent->d_name, NULL))) {
-                virReportOOMError();
                 closedir(dh);
                 return -1;
             }
diff --git a/src/xen/xm_internal.c b/src/xen/xm_internal.c
index db47a0206f61e6fe181cbfc2b35398e7590f311a..f9f52b5823f0ddaf4fe7b58e86ba2f9fdc617c4b 100644
--- a/src/xen/xm_internal.c
+++ b/src/xen/xm_internal.c
@@ -388,7 +388,6 @@ int xenXMConfigCacheRefresh (virConnectPtr conn) {
 
         /* Build the full file path */
         if (!(path = virFileBuildPath(priv->configDir, ent->d_name, NULL))) {
-            virReportOOMError();
             closedir(dh);
             return -1;
         }
@@ -1134,10 +1133,8 @@ virDomainPtr xenXMDomainDefineXML(virConnectPtr conn, const char *xml)
         entry = NULL;
     }
 
-    if (!(filename = virFileBuildPath(priv->configDir, def->name, NULL))) {
-        virReportOOMError();
+    if (!(filename = virFileBuildPath(priv->configDir, def->name, NULL)))
         goto error;
-    }
 
     if (xenXMConfigSaveFile(conn, filename, def) < 0)
         goto error;