diff --git a/src/util/virnetdev.c b/src/util/virnetdev.c
index 9eca786c95da4284ecde5e4d21fb809b56276119..8eac419725325669788851cdb66a4ff37e73ac04 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdev.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetdev.c
@@ -2833,7 +2833,7 @@ static int virNetDevGetMcastList(const char *ifname,
     char *buf = NULL;
     char *next = NULL;
     int ret = -1, len;
-    virNetDevMcastEntryPtr entry = NULL;
+    VIR_AUTOPTR(virNetDevMcastEntry) entry = NULL;
 
     mcast->entries = NULL;
     mcast->nentries = 0;
@@ -2867,7 +2867,6 @@ static int virNetDevGetMcastList(const char *ifname,
     ret = 0;
  cleanup:
     VIR_FREE(buf);
-    VIR_FREE(entry);
 
     return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/util/virnetlink.c b/src/util/virnetlink.c
index 2702c12d24f10a630bd7bde83ed4d3fd29be94ee..162efe6f99598cf1b53075aab9976d6b86828533 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetlink.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetlink.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ int virNetlinkCommand(struct nl_msg *nl_msg,
             .nl_groups = 0,
     };
     struct pollfd fds[1];
-    virNetlinkHandle *nlhandle = NULL;
+    VIR_AUTOPTR(virNetlinkHandle) nlhandle = NULL;
     int len = 0;
 
     memset(fds, 0, sizeof(fds));
@@ -333,7 +333,6 @@ int virNetlinkCommand(struct nl_msg *nl_msg,
         *respbuflen = 0;
     }
 
-    virNetlinkFree(nlhandle);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -355,7 +354,7 @@ virNetlinkDumpCommand(struct nl_msg *nl_msg,
             .nl_pid    = dst_pid,
             .nl_groups = 0,
     };
-    virNetlinkHandle *nlhandle = NULL;
+    VIR_AUTOPTR(virNetlinkHandle) nlhandle = NULL;
 
     if (!(nlhandle = virNetlinkSendRequest(nl_msg, src_pid, nladdr,
                                            protocol, groups)))
@@ -382,7 +381,6 @@ virNetlinkDumpCommand(struct nl_msg *nl_msg,
 
  cleanup:
     VIR_FREE(resp);
-    virNetlinkFree(nlhandle);
     return ret;
 }