3 files changed, 6 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-crypto.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-crypto.c
index bd9165c565..6da12e315f 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-crypto.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-crypto.c
@@ -786,9 +786,8 @@ static void virtio_crypto_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         error_setg(errp, "'cryptodev' parameter expects a valid object");
         return;
     } else if (cryptodev_backend_is_used(vcrypto->cryptodev)) {
-        char *path = object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(vcrypto->conf.cryptodev));
-        error_setg(errp, "can't use already used cryptodev backend: %s", path);
-        g_free(path);
+        error_setg(errp, "can't use already used cryptodev backend: %s",
+                   object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(vcrypto->conf.cryptodev)));
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c
index 65850530e7..c12e9f79b0 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c
@@ -409,11 +409,9 @@ static void virtio_mem_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         error_setg(errp, "'%s' property is not set", VIRTIO_MEM_MEMDEV_PROP);
         return;
     } else if (host_memory_backend_is_mapped(vmem->memdev)) {
-        char *path = object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(vmem->memdev));
-
         error_setg(errp, "'%s' property specifies a busy memdev: %s",
-                   VIRTIO_MEM_MEMDEV_PROP, path);
-        g_free(path);
+                   VIRTIO_MEM_MEMDEV_PROP,
+                   object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(vmem->memdev)));
         return;
     } else if (!memory_region_is_ram(&vmem->memdev->mr) ||
         memory_region_is_rom(&vmem->memdev->mr) ||
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.c
index c3374b2f3f..1e0c137497 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.c
@@ -112,9 +112,8 @@ static void virtio_pmem_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     }
 
     if (host_memory_backend_is_mapped(pmem->memdev)) {
-        char *path = object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(pmem->memdev));
-        error_setg(errp, "can't use already busy memdev: %s", path);
-        g_free(path);
+        error_setg(errp, "can't use already busy memdev: %s",
+                   object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(pmem->memdev)));
         return;
     }