diff --git a/bsd-user/bsdload.c b/bsd-user/bsdload.c
index 6d9bb6fb4e8eac3fcb616ad795670ebfa1d0781d..2abc7136e0cabfee4db3ded4edcb04fca0da61d6 100644
--- a/bsd-user/bsdload.c
+++ b/bsd-user/bsdload.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ int loader_exec(const char * filename, char ** argv, char ** envp,
 
     /* Something went wrong, return the inode and free the argument pages*/
     for (i=0 ; i<MAX_ARG_PAGES ; i++) {
-        free(bprm.page[i]);
+        g_free(bprm.page[i]);
     }
     return(retval);
 }
diff --git a/bsd-user/elfload.c b/bsd-user/elfload.c
index 1ef1f972fc9a538ef2a515a30fc3f70b53b36f8a..12888840a442f6f16749dc4f54a8c78e02ea8ff1 100644
--- a/bsd-user/elfload.c
+++ b/bsd-user/elfload.c
@@ -641,8 +641,7 @@ static abi_ulong copy_elf_strings(int argc,char ** argv, void **page,
                 offset = p % TARGET_PAGE_SIZE;
                 pag = (char *)page[p/TARGET_PAGE_SIZE];
                 if (!pag) {
-                    pag = (char *)malloc(TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
-                    memset(pag, 0, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
+                    pag = g_try_malloc0(TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
                     page[p/TARGET_PAGE_SIZE] = pag;
                     if (!pag)
                         return 0;
@@ -696,7 +695,7 @@ static abi_ulong setup_arg_pages(abi_ulong p, struct linux_binprm *bprm,
             info->rss++;
             /* FIXME - check return value of memcpy_to_target() for failure */
             memcpy_to_target(stack_base, bprm->page[i], TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
-            free(bprm->page[i]);
+            g_free(bprm->page[i]);
         }
         stack_base += TARGET_PAGE_SIZE;
     }