diff --git a/include/ipv4.h b/include/ipv4.h
index cf95882f2..394272bbb 100644
--- a/include/ipv4.h
+++ b/include/ipv4.h
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ extern rte_spinlock_t ip4_stats_lock;
 #define IP4_UPD_PO_STATS(field, val) \
     do { \
         rte_spinlock_lock(&ip4_stats_lock); \
-        __IP4_ADD_STATS(field##pkts, (val)); \
+        __IP4_ADD_STATS(field##pkts, (1)); \
         __IP4_ADD_STATS(field##octets, (val)); \
         rte_spinlock_unlock(&ip4_stats_lock); \
     } while (0)
diff --git a/include/parser/utils.h b/include/parser/utils.h
index 0ea27f1a5..7f65f6ef6 100644
--- a/include/parser/utils.h
+++ b/include/parser/utils.h
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 static inline void* xmalloc(uint32_t sz)
 {
     void *mem = rte_zmalloc("cfgfile", sz, RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
-    if (mem)
-        memset(mem, 0, sz);
 
     return mem;
 }
diff --git a/src/iftraf.c b/src/iftraf.c
index a03277402..c760822f2 100644
--- a/src/iftraf.c
+++ b/src/iftraf.c
@@ -477,7 +477,6 @@ static void inline iftraf_tlb_add(struct iftraf_pkt *param)
             return;
         }
 
-        memset(entry, 0, sizeof(struct iftraf_entry));
         entry->af = param->af;
         entry->cid = param->cid;
         entry->devid = param->devid;
@@ -578,7 +577,6 @@ static void inline iftraf_iftlb_add(struct iftraf_pkt *param)
             return;
         }
 
-        memset(entry, 0, sizeof(struct iftraf_entry));
         entry->af = param->af;
         entry->cid = param->cid;
         entry->devid = param->devid;
diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index 6ac4313e2..11491f7eb 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -392,9 +392,9 @@ void *set_value(vector_t tokens)
             str = VECTOR_SLOT(tokens, i);
             len += strlen(str);
             if (!alloc)
-                alloc = (char *) MALLOC(sizeof(char *) * (len + 1));
+                alloc = (char *) MALLOC(sizeof(char) * (len + 1));
             else {
-                alloc = REALLOC(alloc, sizeof(char *) * (len + 1));
+                alloc = REALLOC(alloc, sizeof(char) * (len + 1));
                 tmp = VECTOR_SLOT(tokens, i - 1);
                 if ( *str != '"' && *tmp != '"')
                     strncat(alloc, " ", 1);