diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index 5689613d0a..b85508ba30 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -863,18 +863,16 @@ static void *file_ram_alloc(RAMBlock *block,
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    if (asprintf(&filename, "%s/qemu_back_mem.XXXXXX", path) == -1) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
+    filename = g_strdup_printf("%s/qemu_back_mem.XXXXXX", path);
 
     fd = mkstemp(filename);
     if (fd < 0) {
         perror("unable to create backing store for hugepages");
-        free(filename);
+        g_free(filename);
         return NULL;
     }
     unlink(filename);
-    free(filename);
+    g_free(filename);
 
     memory = (memory+hpagesize-1) & ~(hpagesize-1);
 
diff --git a/qga/commands-posix.c b/qga/commands-posix.c
index 77f6ee7d5f..0ad73f3430 100644
--- a/qga/commands-posix.c
+++ b/qga/commands-posix.c
@@ -939,14 +939,11 @@ GuestNetworkInterfaceList *qmp_guest_network_get_interfaces(Error **errp)
 
             mac_addr = (unsigned char *) &ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data;
 
-            if (asprintf(&info->value->hardware_address,
-                         "%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x",
-                         (int) mac_addr[0], (int) mac_addr[1],
-                         (int) mac_addr[2], (int) mac_addr[3],
-                         (int) mac_addr[4], (int) mac_addr[5]) == -1) {
-                error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "failed to format MAC");
-                goto error;
-            }
+            info->value->hardware_address =
+                g_strdup_printf("%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x",
+                                (int) mac_addr[0], (int) mac_addr[1],
+                                (int) mac_addr[2], (int) mac_addr[3],
+                                (int) mac_addr[4], (int) mac_addr[5]);
 
             info->value->has_hardware_address = true;
             close(sock);
diff --git a/util/path.c b/util/path.c
index 4c5b0f6296..f0c69627c7 100644
--- a/util/path.c
+++ b/util/path.c
@@ -47,10 +47,7 @@ static struct pathelem *new_entry(const char *root,
 {
     struct pathelem *new = malloc(sizeof(*new));
     new->name = strdup(name);
-    if (asprintf(&new->pathname, "%s/%s", root, name) == -1) {
-        printf("Cannot allocate memory\n");
-        exit(1);
-    }
+    new->pathname = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s", root, name);
     new->num_entries = 0;
     return new;
 }