diff --git a/src/plugins/gstreamer/camerabin/camerabinimagecapture.cpp b/src/plugins/gstreamer/camerabin/camerabinimagecapture.cpp
index 4d77e982..ccc5d299 100644
--- a/src/plugins/gstreamer/camerabin/camerabinimagecapture.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/gstreamer/camerabin/camerabinimagecapture.cpp
@@ -301,7 +301,9 @@ bool CameraBinImageCapture::processBusMessage(const QGstreamerMessage &message)
             if (!element)
                 return false;
 
-            QString elementName = QString::fromLatin1(gst_element_get_name(element));
+            gchar *name = gst_element_get_name(element);
+            QString elementName = QString::fromLatin1(name);
+            g_free(name);
 #if !GST_CHECK_VERSION(1,0,0)
             GstElementClass *elementClass = GST_ELEMENT_GET_CLASS(element);
             QString elementLongName = elementClass->details.longname;
diff --git a/src/plugins/gstreamer/mediaplayer/qgstreamerplayersession.cpp b/src/plugins/gstreamer/mediaplayer/qgstreamerplayersession.cpp
index 3d6c455a..5a841c0f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/gstreamer/mediaplayer/qgstreamerplayersession.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/gstreamer/mediaplayer/qgstreamerplayersession.cpp
@@ -1896,7 +1896,7 @@ void QGstreamerPlayerSession::playlistTypeFindFunction(GstTypeFind *find, gpoint
 {
     QGstreamerPlayerSession* session = (QGstreamerPlayerSession*)userData;
 
-    const gchar *uri = 0;
+    gchar *uri = 0;
 #if GST_CHECK_VERSION(1,0,0)
     g_object_get(G_OBJECT(session->m_playbin), "current-uri", &uri, NULL);
 #else
@@ -1909,10 +1909,13 @@ void QGstreamerPlayerSession::playlistTypeFindFunction(GstTypeFind *find, gpoint
     else
         length = qMin(length, guint64(1024));
 
+    QString currentUri = QString::fromUtf8(uri);
+    g_free(uri);
+
     while (length > 0) {
         const guint8 *data = gst_type_find_peek(find, 0, length);
         if (data) {
-            session->m_isPlaylist = (QPlaylistFileParser::findPlaylistType(QString::fromUtf8(uri), 0, data, length) != QPlaylistFileParser::UNKNOWN);
+            session->m_isPlaylist = (QPlaylistFileParser::findPlaylistType(currentUri, 0, data, length) != QPlaylistFileParser::UNKNOWN);
             return;
         }
         length >>= 1; // for HTTP files length is not available,