diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 9fabca2289..df9a9b5651 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -3118,9 +3118,6 @@ qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLParse(xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt,
     return 0;
 
  error:
-    g_clear_pointer(&priv->namespaces, virBitmapFree);
-    g_clear_pointer(&priv->monConfig, virObjectUnref);
-    g_clear_pointer(&priv->qemuDevices, g_strfreev);
     return -1;
 }