diff --git a/src/target/arm_adi_v5.c b/src/target/arm_adi_v5.c
index 4a1e42c02..4bfa7f790 100644
--- a/src/target/arm_adi_v5.c
+++ b/src/target/arm_adi_v5.c
@@ -409,8 +409,10 @@ int mem_ap_read(struct adiv5_dap *dap, uint8_t *buffer, uint32_t size, uint32_t
 	}
 
 	retval = dap_setup_accessport_tar(dap, address);
-	if (retval != ERROR_OK)
+	if (retval != ERROR_OK) {
+		free(read_buf);
 		return retval;
+	}
 
 	/* Queue up all reads. Each read will store the entire DRW word in the read buffer. How many
 	 * useful bytes it contains, and their location in the word, depends on the type of transfer
diff --git a/src/target/nds32_cmd.c b/src/target/nds32_cmd.c
index 8970fd7ee..faf9e0aef 100644
--- a/src/target/nds32_cmd.c
+++ b/src/target/nds32_cmd.c
@@ -704,18 +704,25 @@ static int jim_nds32_bulk_write(Jim_Interp *interp, int argc, Jim_Obj * const *a
 		return e;
 
 	uint32_t *data = malloc(count * sizeof(uint32_t));
+	if (data == NULL)
+		return JIM_ERR;
+
 	jim_wide i;
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 		jim_wide tmp;
 		e = Jim_GetOpt_Wide(&goi, &tmp);
-		if (e != JIM_OK)
+		if (e != JIM_OK) {
+			free(data);
 			return e;
+		}
 		data[i] = (uint32_t)tmp;
 	}
 
 	/* all args must be consumed */
-	if (goi.argc != 0)
+	if (goi.argc != 0) {
+		free(data);
 		return JIM_ERR;
+	}
 
 	struct target *target = Jim_CmdPrivData(goi.interp);
 	int result;
diff --git a/src/target/openrisc/or1k.c b/src/target/openrisc/or1k.c
index a7b3ed278..f26a01629 100644
--- a/src/target/openrisc/or1k.c
+++ b/src/target/openrisc/or1k.c
@@ -1169,11 +1169,11 @@ static int or1k_init_target(struct command_context *cmd_ctx,
 
 static int or1k_target_create(struct target *target, Jim_Interp *interp)
 {
-	struct or1k_common *or1k = calloc(1, sizeof(struct or1k_common));
-
 	if (target->tap == NULL)
 		return ERROR_FAIL;
 
+	struct or1k_common *or1k = calloc(1, sizeof(struct or1k_common));
+
 	target->arch_info = or1k;
 
 	or1k_create_reg_list(target);
diff --git a/src/target/xscale.c b/src/target/xscale.c
index 99f67aff5..e88a23112 100644
--- a/src/target/xscale.c
+++ b/src/target/xscale.c
@@ -1821,8 +1821,10 @@ static int xscale_read_memory(struct target *target, uint32_t address,
 	/* receive data from target (count times 32-bit words in host endianness) */
 	buf32 = malloc(4 * count);
 	retval = xscale_receive(target, buf32, count);
-	if (retval != ERROR_OK)
+	if (retval != ERROR_OK) {
+		free(buf32);
 		return retval;
+	}
 
 	/* extract data from host-endian buffer into byte stream */
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {