diff --git a/bus/containers.c b/bus/containers.c
index 5542e16b..213ce3c9 100644
--- a/bus/containers.c
+++ b/bus/containers.c
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ bus_container_instance_new (BusContext *context,
   if (!_dbus_string_steal_data (&path, &self->path))
     goto fail;
 
+  _dbus_string_free (&path);
   return self;
 
 fail:
diff --git a/bus/driver.c b/bus/driver.c
index 8015f28b..9b3e43ee 100644
--- a/bus/driver.c
+++ b/bus/driver.c
@@ -2258,6 +2258,7 @@ bus_driver_handle_become_monitor (DBusConnection *connection,
   /* Special case: a zero-length array becomes [""] */
   if (n_match_rules == 0)
     {
+      dbus_free (match_rules);
       match_rules = dbus_malloc (2 * sizeof (char *));
 
       if (match_rules == NULL)