diff --git a/src/locking/lock_daemon.c b/src/locking/lock_daemon.c
index e1b495e8ba..88fa7b7957 100644
--- a/src/locking/lock_daemon.c
+++ b/src/locking/lock_daemon.c
@@ -120,8 +120,7 @@ virLockDaemonNew(virLockDaemonConfigPtr config, bool privileged)
     virLockDaemonPtr lockd;
     virNetServerPtr srv = NULL;
 
-    if (VIR_ALLOC(lockd) < 0)
-        return NULL;
+    lockd = g_new0(virLockDaemon, 1);
 
     g_mutex_init(&lockd->lock);
 
@@ -212,8 +211,7 @@ virLockDaemonNewPostExecRestart(virJSONValuePtr object, bool privileged)
     size_t i;
     const char *serverNames[] = { "virtlockd" };
 
-    if (VIR_ALLOC(lockd) < 0)
-        return NULL;
+    lockd = g_new0(virLockDaemon, 1);
 
     g_mutex_init(&lockd->lock);
 
@@ -456,8 +454,7 @@ virLockDaemonClientNew(virNetServerClientPtr client,
     unsigned long long timestamp;
     bool privileged = opaque != NULL;
 
-    if (VIR_ALLOC(priv) < 0)
-        return NULL;
+    priv = g_new0(virLockDaemonClient, 1);
 
     g_mutex_init(&priv->lock);
 
diff --git a/src/locking/lock_daemon_config.c b/src/locking/lock_daemon_config.c
index c67b0a75e1..6346703715 100644
--- a/src/locking/lock_daemon_config.c
+++ b/src/locking/lock_daemon_config.c
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ virLockDaemonConfigNew(bool privileged G_GNUC_UNUSED)
 {
     virLockDaemonConfigPtr data;
 
-    if (VIR_ALLOC(data) < 0)
-        return NULL;
+    data = g_new0(virLockDaemonConfig, 1);
 
     data->max_clients = 1024;
     data->admin_max_clients = 5000;
diff --git a/src/locking/lock_driver_lockd.c b/src/locking/lock_driver_lockd.c
index bec98dd05f..15d9e5f076 100644
--- a/src/locking/lock_driver_lockd.c
+++ b/src/locking/lock_driver_lockd.c
@@ -316,8 +316,7 @@ static int virLockManagerLockDaemonInit(unsigned int version,
     if (driver)
         return 0;
 
-    if (VIR_ALLOC(driver) < 0)
-        return -1;
+    driver = g_new0(virLockManagerLockDaemonDriver, 1);
 
     driver->requireLeaseForDisks = true;
     driver->autoDiskLease = true;
@@ -399,8 +398,8 @@ static int virLockManagerLockDaemonNew(virLockManagerPtr lock,
 
     virCheckFlags(VIR_LOCK_MANAGER_NEW_STARTED, -1);
 
-    if (VIR_ALLOC(priv) < 0)
-        return -1;
+    priv = g_new0(virLockManagerLockDaemonPrivate,
+                  1);
 
     switch (type) {
     case VIR_LOCK_MANAGER_OBJECT_TYPE_DOMAIN:
diff --git a/src/locking/lock_driver_sanlock.c b/src/locking/lock_driver_sanlock.c
index 640033eb97..9c38a1d2f6 100644
--- a/src/locking/lock_driver_sanlock.c
+++ b/src/locking/lock_driver_sanlock.c
@@ -397,8 +397,7 @@ static int virLockManagerSanlockInit(unsigned int version,
     if (sanlockDriver)
         return 0;
 
-    if (VIR_ALLOC(sanlockDriver) < 0)
-        return -1;
+    sanlockDriver = g_new0(virLockManagerSanlockDriver, 1);
 
     driver = sanlockDriver;
 
@@ -468,8 +467,8 @@ static int virLockManagerSanlockNew(virLockManagerPtr lock,
         return -1;
     }
 
-    if (VIR_ALLOC(priv) < 0)
-        return -1;
+    priv = g_new0(virLockManagerSanlockPrivate,
+                  1);
 
     priv->flags = flags;
 
@@ -937,8 +936,7 @@ static int virLockManagerSanlockAcquire(virLockManagerPtr lock,
         return 0;
     }
 
-    if (VIR_ALLOC(opt) < 0)
-        goto error;
+    opt = g_new0(struct sanlk_options, 1);
 
     /* sanlock doesn't use owner_name for anything, so it's safe to take just
      * the first SANLK_NAME_LEN - 1 characters from vm_name */
diff --git a/src/locking/lock_manager.c b/src/locking/lock_manager.c
index 07034b1799..d83a192bf6 100644
--- a/src/locking/lock_manager.c
+++ b/src/locking/lock_manager.c
@@ -171,8 +171,7 @@ virLockManagerPluginPtr virLockManagerPluginNew(const char *name,
     if (driver->drvInit(VIR_LOCK_MANAGER_VERSION, configFile, flags) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (VIR_ALLOC(plugin) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
+    plugin = g_new0(virLockManagerPlugin, 1);
 
     plugin->driver = driver;
     plugin->handle = handle;
@@ -303,8 +302,7 @@ virLockManagerPtr virLockManagerNew(virLockDriverPtr driver,
 
     CHECK_DRIVER(drvNew, NULL);
 
-    if (VIR_ALLOC(lock) < 0)
-        return NULL;
+    lock = g_new0(virLockManager, 1);
 
     lock->driver = driver;