diff --git a/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandmouse.c b/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandmouse.c
index 2590b4923..74a9f9b73 100644
--- a/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandmouse.c
+++ b/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandmouse.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ create_buffer_from_shm(Wayland_CursorData *d,
 {
     SDL_VideoDevice *vd = SDL_GetVideoDevice();
     SDL_VideoData *data = (SDL_VideoData *) vd->driverdata;
+    struct wl_shm_pool *shm_pool;
 
     int stride = width * 4;
     int size = stride * height;
@@ -131,9 +132,7 @@ create_buffer_from_shm(Wayland_CursorData *d,
         close (shm_fd);
     }
 
-    struct wl_shm_pool *shm_pool = wl_shm_create_pool(data->shm,
-                                                      shm_fd,
-                                                      size);
+    shm_pool = wl_shm_create_pool(data->shm, shm_fd, size);
     d->buffer = wl_shm_pool_create_buffer(shm_pool,
                                           0,
                                           width,
@@ -280,18 +279,18 @@ Wayland_CreateSystemCursor(SDL_SystemCursor id)
         break;
     }
 
-    SDL_Cursor *sdl_cursor = CreateCursorFromWlCursor (d, cursor);
-
-    return sdl_cursor;
+    return CreateCursorFromWlCursor(d, cursor);
 }
 
 static void
 Wayland_FreeCursor(SDL_Cursor *cursor)
 {
+    Wayland_CursorData *d;
+
     if (!cursor)
         return;
 
-    Wayland_CursorData *d = cursor->driverdata;
+    d = cursor->driverdata;
 
     /* Probably not a cursor we own */
     if (!d)
diff --git a/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandtouch.c b/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandtouch.c
index 683c7029f..0daec4dc4 100644
--- a/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandtouch.c
+++ b/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandtouch.c
@@ -236,13 +236,16 @@ WL_EXPORT const struct wl_interface qt_extended_surface_interface = {
 void
 Wayland_touch_create(SDL_VideoData *data, uint32_t id)
 {
+    struct SDL_WaylandTouch *touch;
+
     if (data->touch) {
         Wayland_touch_destroy(data);
     }
 
-    data->touch = malloc(sizeof(struct SDL_WaylandTouch));
+    /* !!! FIXME: check for failure, call SDL_OutOfMemory() */
+    data->touch = SDL_malloc(sizeof(struct SDL_WaylandTouch));
 
-    struct SDL_WaylandTouch *touch = data->touch;
+    touch = data->touch;
     touch->touch_extension = wl_registry_bind(data->registry, id, &qt_touch_extension_interface, 1);
     qt_touch_extension_add_listener(touch->touch_extension, &touch_listener, data);
 }
@@ -256,7 +259,7 @@ Wayland_touch_destroy(SDL_VideoData *data)
             qt_touch_extension_destroy(touch->touch_extension);
         }
 
-        free(data->touch);
+        SDL_free(data->touch);
         data->touch = NULL;
     }
 }