diff --git a/src/fe-text/statusbar.c b/src/fe-text/statusbar.c
index b1eb1454..75aec846 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/statusbar.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/statusbar.c
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ STATUSBAR_REC *statusbar_create(STATUSBAR_GROUP_REC *group,
 		if (*value == '\0') {
 			/* fallback to default statusbar background
 			   (also provides backwards compatibility..) */
+                        g_free(value);
 			value = theme_format_expand(theme, "{sb_background}");
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/irc/core/channels-query.c b/src/irc/core/channels-query.c
index 28a1cce7..035eaa4a 100644
--- a/src/irc/core/channels-query.c
+++ b/src/irc/core/channels-query.c
@@ -483,6 +483,8 @@ static void event_end_of_who(IRC_SERVER_REC *server, const char *data)
 		   send them again separately */
                 query_current_error(server);
 	}
+
+        g_free(params);
 }
 
 static void event_end_of_banlist(IRC_SERVER_REC *server, const char *data)