diff --git a/sound/oss/awe_wave.c b/sound/oss/awe_wave.c
index b3ea719d33db0b737a6fb64c5d7d311b14014f99..d1a0eb294d6f64c2b45aac340fb05ae0ba913429 100644
--- a/sound/oss/awe_wave.c
+++ b/sound/oss/awe_wave.c
@@ -2944,7 +2944,7 @@ alloc_new_info(void)
 {
 	awe_voice_list *newlist;
 	
-	newlist = (awe_voice_list *)kmalloc(sizeof(*newlist), GFP_KERNEL);
+	newlist = kmalloc(sizeof(*newlist), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (newlist == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "AWE32: can't alloc info table\n");
 		return NULL;
@@ -3547,8 +3547,10 @@ awe_load_guspatch(const char __user *addr, int offs, int size, int pmgr_flag)
 	smp->checksum_flag = 0;
 	smp->checksum = 0;
 
-	if ((rc = awe_write_wave_data(addr, sizeof_patch, smprec, -1)) < 0)
+	if ((rc = awe_write_wave_data(addr, sizeof_patch, smprec, -1)) < 0) {
+		kfree(vrec);
 		return rc;
+	}
 	sf->mem_ptr += rc;
 	add_sf_sample(sf, smprec);