diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
index a8fee076..da46ed32 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
@@ -2486,7 +2486,10 @@ process_one_static_delta (OtPullData                 *pull_data,
                                                OSTREE_STATIC_DELTA_OPEN_FLAGS_SKIP_CHECKSUM,
                                                NULL, &inline_delta_part,
                                                cancellable, error))
-            return FALSE;
+            {
+              fetch_static_delta_data_free (fetch_data);
+              return FALSE;
+            }
 
           _ostree_static_delta_part_execute_async (pull_data->repo,
                                                    fetch_data->objects,
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-static-delta-compilation.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-static-delta-compilation.c
index 9084a72f..f06fad68 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-static-delta-compilation.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-static-delta-compilation.c
@@ -313,14 +313,13 @@ finish_part (OstreeStaticDeltaBuilder *builder, GError **error)
 static OstreeStaticDeltaPartBuilder *
 allocate_part (OstreeStaticDeltaBuilder *builder, GError **error)
 {
-  OstreeStaticDeltaPartBuilder *part = g_new0 (OstreeStaticDeltaPartBuilder, 1);
-
   if (builder->parts->len > 0)
     {
       if (!finish_part (builder, error))
         return NULL;
     }
 
+  OstreeStaticDeltaPartBuilder *part = g_new0 (OstreeStaticDeltaPartBuilder, 1);
   part->objects = g_ptr_array_new_with_free_func ((GDestroyNotify)g_variant_unref);
   part->payload = g_string_new (NULL);
   part->operations = g_string_new (NULL);