diff --git a/src/curl.cpp b/src/curl.cpp
index 4919292..27fe9be 100644
--- a/src/curl.cpp
+++ b/src/curl.cpp
@@ -2284,7 +2284,7 @@ int S3fsCurl::RequestPerform(bool dontAddAuthHeaders /*=false*/)
     }
 
     LastResponseCode  = S3FSCURL_RESPONSECODE_NOTSET;
-    long responseCode;
+    long responseCode = S3FSCURL_RESPONSECODE_NOTSET;
     int result        = S3FSCURL_PERFORM_RESULT_NOTSET;
 
     // 1 attempt + retries...
diff --git a/src/mvnode.cpp b/src/mvnode.cpp
index f47a7c8..3472445 100644
--- a/src/mvnode.cpp
+++ b/src/mvnode.cpp
@@ -34,23 +34,20 @@ MVNODE *create_mvnode(const char *old_path, const char *new_path, bool is_dir, b
     char *p_old_path;
     char *p_new_path;
 
-    p = new MVNODE();
-
     if(NULL == (p_old_path = strdup(old_path))){
-        delete p;
         printf("create_mvnode: could not allocation memory for p_old_path\n");
         S3FS_FUSE_EXIT();
         return NULL;
     }
 
     if(NULL == (p_new_path = strdup(new_path))){
-        delete p;
         free(p_old_path);
         printf("create_mvnode: could not allocation memory for p_new_path\n");
         S3FS_FUSE_EXIT();
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    p = new MVNODE();
     p->old_path   = p_old_path;
     p->new_path   = p_new_path;
     p->is_dir     = is_dir;