diff --git a/src/network/bridge_driver.c b/src/network/bridge_driver.c
index a34da2aac0..f406f0431f 100644
--- a/src/network/bridge_driver.c
+++ b/src/network/bridge_driver.c
@@ -695,9 +695,8 @@ networkStateInitialize(bool privileged,
 
 #ifdef HAVE_FIREWALLD
     if (!(sysbus = virDBusGetSystemBus())) {
-        virErrorPtr err = virGetLastError();
         VIR_WARN("DBus not available, disabling firewalld support "
-                 "in bridge_network_driver: %s", err->message);
+                 "in bridge_network_driver: %s", virGetLastErrorMessage());
     } else {
         /* add matches for
          * NameOwnerChanged on org.freedesktop.DBus for firewalld start/stop
diff --git a/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c b/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c
index 6d18a8789b..6ddfad0ad4 100644
--- a/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c
+++ b/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c
@@ -641,9 +641,8 @@ nodeStateInitialize(bool privileged ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 
     dbus_error_init(&err);
     if (!(sysbus = virDBusGetSystemBus())) {
-        virErrorPtr verr = virGetLastError();
         VIR_ERROR(_("DBus not available, disabling HAL driver: %s"),
-                    verr->message);
+                    virGetLastErrorMessage());
         ret = 0;
         goto failure;
     }