diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
index c9c2f0e102..20ae9191ca 100644
--- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static char *get_default_remote(void)
 
 static int print_default_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
-	const char *remote;
+	char *remote;
 
 	if (argc != 1)
 		die(_("submodule--helper print-default-remote takes no arguments"));
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ static int print_default_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (remote)
 		printf("%s\n", remote);
 
+	free(remote);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/refs/packed-backend.c b/refs/packed-backend.c
index cec3fb9e00..d447a731da 100644
--- a/refs/packed-backend.c
+++ b/refs/packed-backend.c
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ static int load_contents(struct snapshot *snapshot)
 	size = xsize_t(st.st_size);
 
 	if (!size) {
+		close(fd);
 		return 0;
 	} else if (mmap_strategy == MMAP_NONE || size <= SMALL_FILE_SIZE) {
 		snapshot->buf = xmalloc(size);
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index ee1f7b2df7..5354d4d51e 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ static int git_sequencer_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
 			warning(_("invalid commit message cleanup mode '%s'"),
 				  s);
 
+		free((char *)s);
 		return status;
 	}
 
@@ -1774,7 +1775,8 @@ static int do_pick_commit(enum todo_command command, struct commit *commit,
 		res = do_recursive_merge(base, next, base_label, next_label,
 					 &head, &msgbuf, opts);
 		if (res < 0)
-			return res;
+			goto leave;
+
 		res |= write_message(msgbuf.buf, msgbuf.len,
 				     git_path_merge_msg(), 0);
 	} else {