diff --git a/src/conf/capabilities.c b/src/conf/capabilities.c
index da54591c1122893f9f18228d4fc630cb3736dd5d..82129feaac6b133f08110b81d4efb62ff0e9050e 100644
--- a/src/conf/capabilities.c
+++ b/src/conf/capabilities.c
@@ -619,26 +619,16 @@ virCapabilitiesHostSecModelAddBaseLabel(virCapsHostSecModelPtr secmodel,
                                         const char *type,
                                         const char *label)
 {
-    char *t = NULL, *l = NULL;
-
     if (type == NULL || label == NULL)
         return -1;
 
-    t = g_strdup(type);
-    l = g_strdup(label);
-
     if (VIR_EXPAND_N(secmodel->labels, secmodel->nlabels, 1) < 0)
-        goto no_memory;
+        return -1;
 
-    secmodel->labels[secmodel->nlabels - 1].type = t;
-    secmodel->labels[secmodel->nlabels - 1].label = l;
+    secmodel->labels[secmodel->nlabels - 1].type = g_strdup(type);
+    secmodel->labels[secmodel->nlabels - 1].label = g_strdup(label);
 
     return 0;
-
- no_memory:
-    VIR_FREE(l);
-    VIR_FREE(t);
-    return -1;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_audit.c b/src/conf/domain_audit.c
index a55dcd5f91ace5e7c51b7cf9ecadcfa45f7b9202..fdccc585fbf0de7a0acaed6765473219905788dd 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_audit.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_audit.c
@@ -89,12 +89,12 @@ virDomainAuditGenericDev(virDomainObjPtr vm,
                          const char *reason,
                          bool success)
 {
-    char *newdev = NULL;
-    char *olddev = NULL;
+    g_autofree char *newdev = NULL;
+    g_autofree char *olddev = NULL;
+    g_autofree char *vmname = NULL;
+    g_autofree char *oldsrc = NULL;
+    g_autofree char *newsrc = NULL;
     char uuidstr[VIR_UUID_STRING_BUFLEN];
-    char *vmname = NULL;
-    char *oldsrc = NULL;
-    char *newsrc = NULL;
     const char *virt = virDomainAuditGetVirtType(vm->def);
 
     /* if both new and old source aren't provided don't log anything */
@@ -107,29 +107,17 @@ virDomainAuditGenericDev(virDomainObjPtr vm,
     virUUIDFormat(vm->def->uuid, uuidstr);
 
     if (!(vmname = virAuditEncode("vm", vm->def->name)))
-        goto no_memory;
+        return;
 
     if (!(newsrc = virAuditEncode(newdev, VIR_AUDIT_STR(newsrcpath))))
-        goto no_memory;
+        return;
 
     if (!(oldsrc = virAuditEncode(olddev, VIR_AUDIT_STR(oldsrcpath))))
-        goto no_memory;
+        return;
 
     VIR_AUDIT(VIR_AUDIT_RECORD_RESOURCE, success,
               "virt=%s resrc=%s reason=%s %s uuid=%s %s %s",
               virt, type, reason, vmname, uuidstr, oldsrc, newsrc);
-
- cleanup:
-    VIR_FREE(newdev);
-    VIR_FREE(olddev);
-    VIR_FREE(vmname);
-    VIR_FREE(oldsrc);
-    VIR_FREE(newsrc);
-    return;
-
- no_memory:
-    VIR_WARN("OOM while encoding audit message");
-    goto cleanup;
 }
 
 
@@ -957,13 +945,13 @@ virDomainAuditInput(virDomainObjPtr vm,
                     bool success)
 {
     char uuidstr[VIR_UUID_STRING_BUFLEN];
-    char *vmname;
+    g_autofree char *vmname = NULL;
     const char *virt = virDomainAuditGetVirtType(vm->def);
 
     virUUIDFormat(vm->def->uuid, uuidstr);
 
     if (!(vmname = virAuditEncode("vm", vm->def->name)))
-        goto no_memory;
+        return;
 
     switch ((virDomainInputType) input->type) {
     case VIR_DOMAIN_INPUT_TYPE_MOUSE:
@@ -980,12 +968,4 @@ virDomainAuditInput(virDomainObjPtr vm,
     case VIR_DOMAIN_INPUT_TYPE_LAST:
         break;
     }
-
- cleanup:
-    VIR_FREE(vmname);
-    return;
-
- no_memory:
-    VIR_WARN("OOM while encoding audit message");
-    goto cleanup;
 }