diff --git a/managemon.c b/managemon.c
index 2301946..c5ba2f4 100644
--- a/managemon.c
+++ b/managemon.c
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ static void manage_new(struct mdstat_ent *mdstat,
 	new->sync_pos_fd = sysfs_open(new->devnum, NULL, "sync_completed");
 	new->sync_pos = 0;
 
+	sysfs_free(mdi);
 	// finds and compares.
 	if (container->ss->open_new(container, new, inst) < 0) {
 		// FIXME close all those files
@@ -377,6 +378,8 @@ void do_manager(struct supertype *container)
 
 		read_sock(container);
 
+		free_mdstat(mdstat);
+
 		mdstat_wait_fd(container->sock);
 	} while(1);
 }
diff --git a/mdstat.c b/mdstat.c
index c75260e..a65e7c3 100644
--- a/mdstat.c
+++ b/mdstat.c
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ void free_mdstat(struct mdstat_ent *ms)
 		if (ms->dev) free(ms->dev);
 		if (ms->level) free(ms->level);
 		if (ms->pattern) free(ms->pattern);
+		if (ms->metadata_version) free(ms->metadata_version);
 		t = ms;
 		ms = ms->next;
 		free(t);