diff --git a/src/haptic/darwin/SDL_syshaptic.c b/src/haptic/darwin/SDL_syshaptic.c
index 6d85bf0ed..a74f008b7 100644
--- a/src/haptic/darwin/SDL_syshaptic.c
+++ b/src/haptic/darwin/SDL_syshaptic.c
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ SDL_SYS_HapticOpenFromService(SDL_Haptic * haptic, io_service_t service)
     FFReleaseDevice(haptic->hwdata->device);
   creat_err:
     if (haptic->hwdata != NULL) {
-        free(haptic->hwdata);
+        SDL_free(haptic->hwdata);
         haptic->hwdata = NULL;
     }
     return -1;
diff --git a/src/haptic/linux/SDL_syshaptic.c b/src/haptic/linux/SDL_syshaptic.c
index bab3ddbf8..63c81ab9b 100644
--- a/src/haptic/linux/SDL_syshaptic.c
+++ b/src/haptic/linux/SDL_syshaptic.c
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ SDL_SYS_HapticOpenFromFD(SDL_Haptic * haptic, int fd)
   open_err:
     close(fd);
     if (haptic->hwdata != NULL) {
-        free(haptic->hwdata);
+        SDL_free(haptic->hwdata);
         haptic->hwdata = NULL;
     }
     return -1;
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ SDL_SYS_HapticNewEffect(SDL_Haptic * haptic, struct haptic_effect *effect,
     return 0;
 
   new_effect_err:
-    free(effect->hweffect);
+    SDL_free(effect->hweffect);
     effect->hweffect = NULL;
     return -1;
 }
diff --git a/src/video/directfb/SDL_DirectFB_video.c b/src/video/directfb/SDL_DirectFB_video.c
index 0d107dc98..35379cb95 100644
--- a/src/video/directfb/SDL_DirectFB_video.c
+++ b/src/video/directfb/SDL_DirectFB_video.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ DirectFB_CreateDevice(int devindex)
     return device;
   error:
     if (device)
-        free(device);
+        SDL_free(device);
     return (0);
 }