diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_disk.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_disk.c
index b2617734507b7f6571da0601d34e60a5d5769721..2b6011ba3cdcf4cd003334d4f9d09902841be4cc 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend_disk.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_disk.c
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ virStorageBackendDiskMakeDataVol(virStoragePoolObjPtr pool,
          */
         tmp = strrchr(groups[0], '/');
         if (VIR_STRDUP(vol->name, tmp ? tmp + 1 : groups[0]) < 0 ||
-            VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT(pool->volumes.objs, pool->volumes.count, vol) < 0) {
+            VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT_COPY(pool->volumes.objs,
+                                    pool->volumes.count, vol) < 0) {
             virStorageVolDefFree(vol);
             return -1;
         }
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_rbd.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_rbd.c
index bc52474b26d302c2254f7f77a02f4c66e7082f58..d78dbe4d30cbd1015e196862862b299273c68375 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend_rbd.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_rbd.c
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ static int virStorageBackendRBDRefreshPool(virConnectPtr conn,
         }
 
         if (VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT(pool->volumes.objs, pool->volumes.count, vol) < 0) {
+            virStorageVolDefFree(vol);
             virStoragePoolObjClearVols(pool);
             goto cleanup;
         }