diff --git a/src/libqof/qof/gnc-date.c b/src/libqof/qof/gnc-date.c
index aa00e98515..457d54a258 100644
--- a/src/libqof/qof/gnc-date.c
+++ b/src/libqof/qof/gnc-date.c
@@ -1479,6 +1479,7 @@ gnc_dmy2timespec (int day, int month, int year)
 GDate gnc_dmy2gdate (gint day, gint month, gint year)
 {
     GDate result;
+    g_date_clear(&result, 1);
     g_date_set_day (&result, day);
     g_date_set_month (&result, month);
     g_date_set_year (&result, year);
diff --git a/src/libqof/qof/qofsession.c b/src/libqof/qof/qofsession.c
index 6ce66d4d56..b1d346f725 100644
--- a/src/libqof/qof/qofsession.c
+++ b/src/libqof/qof/qofsession.c
@@ -1066,6 +1066,7 @@ qof_session_load_backend(QofSession * session, const char * access_method)
     }
     msg = g_strdup_printf("failed to load '%s' using access_method", access_method);
     qof_session_push_error (session, ERR_BACKEND_NO_HANDLER, msg);
+    g_free(msg);
     LEAVE (" ");
 }