diff --git a/src/cpu/cpu_arm.c b/src/cpu/cpu_arm.c
index c271e53a90..a102c6fda4 100644
--- a/src/cpu/cpu_arm.c
+++ b/src/cpu/cpu_arm.c
@@ -78,12 +78,13 @@ virCPUarmBaseline(virCPUDefPtr *cpus,
 {
     virCPUDefPtr cpu = NULL;
 
-    if (VIR_ALLOC(cpu) < 0 ||
-        VIR_STRDUP(cpu->model, cpus[0]->model) < 0) {
+    if (VIR_ALLOC(cpu) < 0) {
         virCPUDefFree(cpu);
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    cpu->model = g_strdup(cpus[0]->model);
+
     cpu->type = VIR_CPU_TYPE_GUEST;
     cpu->match = VIR_CPU_MATCH_EXACT;
 
diff --git a/src/cpu/cpu_ppc64.c b/src/cpu/cpu_ppc64.c
index 1d9d6bca12..59a5e1fc1d 100644
--- a/src/cpu/cpu_ppc64.c
+++ b/src/cpu/cpu_ppc64.c
@@ -188,8 +188,7 @@ ppc64ModelCopy(const struct ppc64_model *model)
     if (VIR_ALLOC(copy) < 0)
         goto error;
 
-    if (VIR_STRDUP(copy->name, model->name) < 0)
-        goto error;
+    copy->name = g_strdup(model->name);
 
     if (ppc64DataCopy(&copy->data, &model->data) < 0)
         goto error;
@@ -287,8 +286,7 @@ ppc64VendorParse(xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt G_GNUC_UNUSED,
     if (VIR_ALLOC(vendor) < 0)
         return -1;
 
-    if (VIR_STRDUP(vendor->name, name) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
+    vendor->name = g_strdup(name);
 
     if (ppc64VendorFind(map, vendor->name)) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
@@ -324,8 +322,7 @@ ppc64ModelParse(xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt,
     if (VIR_ALLOC(model) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (VIR_STRDUP(model->name, name) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
+    model->name = g_strdup(name);
 
     if (ppc64ModelFind(map, model->name)) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
@@ -620,10 +617,9 @@ ppc64DriverDecode(virCPUDefPtr cpu,
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    if (VIR_STRDUP(cpu->model, model->name) < 0 ||
-        (model->vendor && VIR_STRDUP(cpu->vendor, model->vendor->name) < 0)) {
-        goto cleanup;
-    }
+    cpu->model = g_strdup(model->name);
+    if (model->vendor)
+        cpu->vendor = g_strdup(model->vendor->name);
 
     ret = 0;
 
@@ -765,12 +761,13 @@ virCPUppc64Baseline(virCPUDefPtr *cpus,
         }
     }
 
-    if (VIR_ALLOC(cpu) < 0 ||
-        VIR_STRDUP(cpu->model, model->name) < 0)
+    if (VIR_ALLOC(cpu) < 0)
         goto error;
 
-    if (vendor && VIR_STRDUP(cpu->vendor, vendor->name) < 0)
-        goto error;
+    cpu->model = g_strdup(model->name);
+
+    if (vendor)
+        cpu->vendor = g_strdup(vendor->name);
 
     cpu->type = VIR_CPU_TYPE_GUEST;
     cpu->match = VIR_CPU_MATCH_EXACT;
@@ -801,10 +798,8 @@ virCPUppc64DriverGetModels(char ***models)
         if (VIR_ALLOC_N(*models, map->nmodels + 1) < 0)
             goto error;
 
-        for (i = 0; i < map->nmodels; i++) {
-            if (VIR_STRDUP((*models)[i], map->models[i]->name) < 0)
-                goto error;
-        }
+        for (i = 0; i < map->nmodels; i++)
+            (*models)[i] = g_strdup(map->models[i]->name);
     }
 
     ret = map->nmodels;
diff --git a/src/cpu/cpu_x86.c b/src/cpu/cpu_x86.c
index 3de99ca057..d7fcb3b147 100644
--- a/src/cpu/cpu_x86.c
+++ b/src/cpu/cpu_x86.c
@@ -775,15 +775,17 @@ x86DataToCPU(const virCPUx86Data *data,
     virCPUx86Data modelData = VIR_CPU_X86_DATA_INIT;
     virCPUx86VendorPtr vendor;
 
-    if (VIR_ALLOC(cpu) < 0 ||
-        VIR_STRDUP(cpu->model, model->name) < 0 ||
-        x86DataCopy(&copy, data) < 0 ||
+    if (VIR_ALLOC(cpu) < 0)
+        goto error;
+
+    cpu->model = g_strdup(model->name);
+
+    if (x86DataCopy(&copy, data) < 0 ||
         x86DataCopy(&modelData, &model->data) < 0)
         goto error;
 
-    if ((vendor = x86DataToVendor(&copy, map)) &&
-        VIR_STRDUP(cpu->vendor, vendor->name) < 0)
-        goto error;
+    if ((vendor = x86DataToVendor(&copy, map)))
+        cpu->vendor = g_strdup(vendor->name);
 
     x86DataSubtract(&copy, &modelData);
     x86DataSubtract(&modelData, data);
@@ -862,8 +864,7 @@ x86VendorParse(xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt,
     if (VIR_ALLOC(vendor) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (VIR_STRDUP(vendor->name, name) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
+    vendor->name = g_strdup(name);
 
     if (x86VendorFind(map, vendor->name)) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
@@ -1062,8 +1063,7 @@ x86FeatureParse(xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt,
 
     feature->migratable = true;
 
-    if (VIR_STRDUP(feature->name, name) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
+    feature->name = g_strdup(name);
 
     if (x86FeatureFind(map, feature->name)) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
@@ -1177,9 +1177,12 @@ x86ModelCopy(virCPUx86ModelPtr model)
 {
     virCPUx86ModelPtr copy;
 
-    if (VIR_ALLOC(copy) < 0 ||
-        VIR_STRDUP(copy->name, model->name) < 0 ||
-        x86ModelCopySignatures(copy, model) < 0 ||
+    if (VIR_ALLOC(copy) < 0)
+        return NULL;
+
+    copy->name = g_strdup(model->name);
+
+    if (x86ModelCopySignatures(copy, model) < 0 ||
         x86DataCopy(&copy->data, &model->data) < 0) {
         x86ModelFree(copy);
         return NULL;
@@ -1517,8 +1520,7 @@ x86ModelParse(xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt,
     if (!(model = x86ModelNew()))
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (VIR_STRDUP(model->name, name) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
+    model->name = g_strdup(name);
 
     if (x86ModelParseAncestor(model, ctxt, map) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
@@ -2210,8 +2212,8 @@ x86Decode(virCPUDefPtr cpu,
         }
     }
 
-    if (vendor && VIR_STRDUP(cpu->vendor, vendor->name) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
+    if (vendor)
+        cpu->vendor = g_strdup(vendor->name);
 
     sigs = x86FormatSignatures(model);
 
@@ -2947,8 +2949,7 @@ x86UpdateHostModel(virCPUDefPtr guest,
 
     if (guest->vendor_id) {
         VIR_FREE(updated->vendor_id);
-        if (VIR_STRDUP(updated->vendor_id, guest->vendor_id) < 0)
-            goto cleanup;
+        updated->vendor_id = g_strdup(guest->vendor_id);
     }
 
     for (i = 0; i < guest->nfeatures; i++) {
@@ -3134,10 +3135,8 @@ virCPUx86GetModels(char ***models)
         if (VIR_ALLOC_N(*models, map->nmodels + 1) < 0)
             goto error;
 
-        for (i = 0; i < map->nmodels; i++) {
-            if (VIR_STRDUP((*models)[i], map->models[i]->name) < 0)
-                goto error;
-        }
+        for (i = 0; i < map->nmodels; i++)
+            (*models)[i] = g_strdup(map->models[i]->name);
     }
 
     return map->nmodels;