diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index c09bd93df31e9f43d790f8a2be995e9946eaaeb6..02b1efebb7c39dad224795ce0e0c97c45287318f 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -1495,6 +1495,7 @@ static int find_max_supported_pagesize(Object *obj, void *opaque)
         mem_path = object_property_get_str(obj, "mem-path", NULL);
         if (mem_path) {
             long hpsize = qemu_mempath_getpagesize(mem_path);
+            g_free(mem_path);
             if (hpsize < *hpsize_min) {
                 *hpsize_min = hpsize;
             }
diff --git a/target/i386/sev.c b/target/i386/sev.c
index 019d84cef2c7251ff8bfea6893eb834ac07af1e3..c01167143f1c702f66b5ad2431508463106e2a1a 100644
--- a/target/i386/sev.c
+++ b/target/i386/sev.c
@@ -748,9 +748,11 @@ sev_guest_init(const char *id)
     if (s->sev_fd < 0) {
         error_report("%s: Failed to open %s '%s'", __func__,
                      devname, strerror(errno));
-        goto err;
     }
     g_free(devname);
+    if (s->sev_fd < 0) {
+        goto err;
+    }
 
     ret = sev_platform_ioctl(s->sev_fd, SEV_PLATFORM_STATUS, &status,
                              &fw_error);