diff --git a/src/cpu/cpu.c b/src/cpu/cpu.c
index e822f221e69cdbfa52dfd8ec6c1af09d58dfbc00..975ca28f64867105b6219d7d0ce12eef54c48c8e 100644
--- a/src/cpu/cpu.c
+++ b/src/cpu/cpu.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ cpuGetSubDriver(virConnectPtr conn,
 
     if (arch == NULL) {
         virCPUReportError(conn, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
-                          _("undefined hardware architecture"));
+                          "%s", _("undefined hardware architecture"));
         return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ cpuDecode(virConnectPtr conn,
 
     if (cpu == NULL) {
         virCPUReportError(conn, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
-                _("invalid CPU definition"));
+                          "%s", _("invalid CPU definition"));
         return -1;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/cpu/cpu_map.c b/src/cpu/cpu_map.c
index 067f6ff9ccd1a9602072263728abd828123aac1a..d615e15195b6eca32c30629719572b727142818f 100644
--- a/src/cpu/cpu_map.c
+++ b/src/cpu/cpu_map.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ int cpuMapLoad(const char *arch,
 
     if (arch == NULL) {
         virCPUReportError(NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
-                _("undefined hardware architecture"));
+                          "%s", _("undefined hardware architecture"));
         return -1;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 03562e82acaa2609a8a97d2505214e033b14112d..b96f4ac86aa86aeca2b50bfafb4873920197b1e6 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONGetBlockStatsInfo(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 
     devices = virJSONValueObjectGet(reply, "return");
     if (!devices || devices->type != VIR_JSON_TYPE_ARRAY) {
-        qemudReportError(NULL, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+        qemudReportError(NULL, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
                          _("blockstats reply was missing device list"));
         goto cleanup;
     }
@@ -655,13 +655,13 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONGetBlockStatsInfo(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
         virJSONValuePtr stats;
         const char *thisdev;
         if (!dev || dev->type != VIR_JSON_TYPE_OBJECT) {
-            qemudReportError(NULL, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+            qemudReportError(NULL, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
                              _("blockstats device entry was not in expected format"));
             goto cleanup;
         }
 
         if ((thisdev = virJSONValueObjectGetString(dev, "device")) == NULL) {
-            qemudReportError(NULL, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+            qemudReportError(NULL, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
                              _("blockstats device entry was not in expected format"));
             goto cleanup;
         }
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONGetBlockStatsInfo(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
         found = 1;
         if ((stats = virJSONValueObjectGet(dev, "stats")) == NULL ||
             stats->type != VIR_JSON_TYPE_OBJECT) {
-            qemudReportError(NULL, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+            qemudReportError(NULL, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
                              _("blockstats stats entry was not in expected format"));
             goto cleanup;
         }
@@ -919,13 +919,13 @@ qemuMonitorJSONGetMigrationStatusReply(virJSONValuePtr reply,
     char *statusstr;
 
     if (!(ret = virJSONValueObjectGet(reply, "return"))) {
-        qemudReportError(NULL, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+        qemudReportError(NULL, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
                          _("info migration reply was missing return data"));
         return -1;
     }
 
     if (!(statusstr = virJSONValueObjectGetString(ret, "status"))) {
-        qemudReportError(NULL, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+        qemudReportError(NULL, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
                          _("info migration reply was missing return status"));
         return -1;
     }
@@ -1214,25 +1214,25 @@ qemuMonitorJSONGetGuestAddress(virJSONValuePtr reply,
 
     addr = virJSONValueObjectGet(reply, "return");
     if (!addr || addr->type != VIR_JSON_TYPE_OBJECT) {
-        qemudReportError(NULL, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+        qemudReportError(NULL, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
                          _("pci_add reply was missing device address"));
         return -1;
     }
 
     if (virJSONValueObjectGetNumberUint(addr, "domain", guestDomain) < 0) {
-        qemudReportError(NULL, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+        qemudReportError(NULL, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
                          _("pci_add reply was missing device domain number"));
         return -1;
     }
 
     if (virJSONValueObjectGetNumberUint(addr, "bus", guestBus) < 0) {
-        qemudReportError(NULL, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+        qemudReportError(NULL, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
                          _("pci_add reply was missing device bus number"));
         return -1;
     }
 
     if (virJSONValueObjectGetNumberUint(addr, "slot", guestSlot) < 0) {
-        qemudReportError(NULL, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+        qemudReportError(NULL, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
                          _("pci_add reply was missing device slot number"));
         return -1;
     }