diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-utils.c b/libnm-core/nm-utils.c
index 4e83b16700..8bddbd23ea 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-utils.c
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-utils.c
@@ -2500,7 +2500,7 @@ nm_utils_tc_qdisc_from_str (const char *str, GError **error)
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	nm_clear_pointer (&rest, g_free);
+	nm_clear_g_free (&rest);
 
 	if (options) {
 		value = g_hash_table_lookup (options, "");
diff --git a/src/dhcp/nm-dhcp-nettools.c b/src/dhcp/nm-dhcp-nettools.c
index 46c72566ae..1019f33a2a 100644
--- a/src/dhcp/nm-dhcp-nettools.c
+++ b/src/dhcp/nm-dhcp-nettools.c
@@ -1461,7 +1461,7 @@ dispose (GObject *object)
 {
 	NMDhcpNettoolsPrivate *priv = NM_DHCP_NETTOOLS_GET_PRIVATE (object);
 
-	nm_clear_pointer (&priv->lease_file, g_free);
+	nm_clear_g_free (&priv->lease_file);
 	nm_clear_g_source_inst (&priv->event_source);
 	nm_clear_pointer (&priv->lease, n_dhcp4_client_lease_unref);
 	nm_clear_pointer (&priv->probe, n_dhcp4_client_probe_free);