3 files changed, 10 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/src/shared/install.c b/src/shared/install.c
index f44f80560a..d33a658d0a 100644
--- a/src/shared/install.c
+++ b/src/shared/install.c
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ static int path_is_config(const LookupPaths *p, const char *path) {
         assert(p);
         assert(path);
 
-        /* Note that we do *not* have generic checks for /etc or /run in place, since with them we couldn't discern
-         * configuration from transient or generated units */
+        /* Note that we do *not* have generic checks for /etc or /run in place, since with
+         * them we couldn't discern configuration from transient or generated units */
 
         parent = dirname_malloc(path);
         if (!parent)
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ static int path_is_runtime(const LookupPaths *p, const char *path) {
         assert(p);
         assert(path);
 
-        /* Everything in /run is considered runtime. On top of that we also add explicit checks for the various runtime
-         * directories, as safety net. */
+        /* Everything in /run is considered runtime. On top of that we also add
+         * explicit checks for the various runtime directories, as safety net. */
 
         rpath = skip_root(p, path);
         if (rpath && path_startswith(rpath, "/run"))
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ static int config_parse_default_instance(
 
         UnitFileInstallInfo *i = data;
         const char *name;
-        char *printed;
+        _cleanup_free_ char *printed = NULL;
         int r;
 
         assert(filename);
@@ -1117,15 +1117,10 @@ static int config_parse_default_instance(
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        if (!unit_instance_is_valid(printed)) {
-                free(printed);
+        if (!unit_instance_is_valid(printed))
                 return -EINVAL;
-        }
-
-        free(i->default_instance);
-        i->default_instance = printed;
 
-        return 0;
+        return free_and_replace(i->default_instance, printed);
 }
 
 static int unit_file_load(
@@ -1371,9 +1366,7 @@ static int install_info_follow(
         if (!streq(basename(i->symlink_target), i->name))
                 return -EXDEV;
 
-        free(i->path);
-        i->path = i->symlink_target;
-        i->symlink_target = NULL;
+        free_and_replace(i->path, i->symlink_target);
         i->type = _UNIT_FILE_TYPE_INVALID;
 
         return unit_file_load_or_readlink(c, i, i->path, root_dir, flags);
diff --git a/src/shared/machine-image.c b/src/shared/machine-image.c
index 529d89ee2a..060f8d50c7 100644
--- a/src/shared/machine-image.c
+++ b/src/shared/machine-image.c
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ Image *image_unref(Image *i) {
 
         free(i->name);
         free(i->path);
-        free(i);
-        return NULL;
+        return mfree(i);
 }
 
 static char **image_settings_path(Image *image) {
diff --git a/src/shared/ptyfwd.c b/src/shared/ptyfwd.c
index 24055e772b..293c6673fc 100644
--- a/src/shared/ptyfwd.c
+++ b/src/shared/ptyfwd.c
@@ -463,8 +463,7 @@ int pty_forward_new(
 
 PTYForward *pty_forward_free(PTYForward *f) {
         pty_forward_disconnect(f);
-        free(f);
-        return NULL;
+        return mfree(f);
 }
 
 int pty_forward_get_last_char(PTYForward *f, char *ch) {