diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index ba40c7500540bfb25a1774f7b6697995384c860d..40a90dae707c244fda8e81ff781da30019237117 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -1715,4 +1715,6 @@ void hmp_info_memdev(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     }
 
     monitor_printf(mon, "\n");
+
+    qapi_free_MemdevList(memdev_list);
 }
diff --git a/numa.c b/numa.c
index aa772aafadcc6910a81e8d681acc5c46d628d3be..f07149b12dea3ac1c036f69c8ef7dae47af13633 100644
--- a/numa.c
+++ b/numa.c
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ error:
 MemdevList *qmp_query_memdev(Error **errp)
 {
     Object *obj;
-    MemdevList *list = NULL, *m;
+    MemdevList *list = NULL;
 
     obj = object_resolve_path("/objects", NULL);
     if (obj == NULL) {
@@ -393,11 +393,6 @@ MemdevList *qmp_query_memdev(Error **errp)
     return list;
 
 error:
-    while (list) {
-        m = list;
-        list = list->next;
-        g_free(m->value);
-        g_free(m);
-    }
+    qapi_free_MemdevList(list);
     return NULL;
 }