diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 8ac8291d0aef1529485da23719908bea58da9cfc..00d7760a05df3ad9f02cbe45f29b98d418b30dbc 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -4418,51 +4418,39 @@ int
 qemuMonitorJSONAddObject(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                          virJSONValuePtr props)
 {
-    int ret = -1;
-    virJSONValuePtr cmd;
-    virJSONValuePtr reply = NULL;
+    g_autoptr(virJSONValue) cmd = NULL;
+    g_autoptr(virJSONValue) reply = NULL;
 
     if (!(cmd = qemuMonitorJSONMakeCommandInternal("object-add", props)))
-        goto cleanup;
+        return -1;
 
     if (qemuMonitorJSONCommand(mon, cmd, &reply) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
+        return -1;
 
     if (qemuMonitorJSONCheckError(cmd, reply) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
+        return -1;
 
-    ret = 0;
- cleanup:
-    virJSONValueFree(cmd);
-    virJSONValueFree(reply);
-    return ret;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 
-int qemuMonitorJSONDelObject(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                             const char *objalias)
+int
+qemuMonitorJSONDelObject(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                         const char *objalias)
 {
-    int ret = -1;
-    virJSONValuePtr cmd;
-    virJSONValuePtr reply = NULL;
+    g_autoptr(virJSONValue) cmd = NULL;
+    g_autoptr(virJSONValue) reply = NULL;
 
-    cmd = qemuMonitorJSONMakeCommand("object-del",
-                                     "s:id", objalias,
-                                     NULL);
-    if (!cmd)
+    if (!(cmd = qemuMonitorJSONMakeCommand("object-del", "s:id", objalias, NULL)))
         return -1;
 
     if (qemuMonitorJSONCommand(mon, cmd, &reply) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
+        return -1;
 
     if (qemuMonitorJSONCheckError(cmd, reply) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
+        return -1;
 
-    ret = 0;
- cleanup:
-    virJSONValueFree(cmd);
-    virJSONValueFree(reply);
-    return ret;
+    return 0;
 }