diff --git a/src/dbus.c b/src/dbus.c
index 04b69d0..cd24158 100644
--- a/src/dbus.c
+++ b/src/dbus.c
@@ -131,10 +131,7 @@ static void on_notify(GDBusConnection * connection,
         gchar *icon = NULL;
         gchar *summary = NULL;
         gchar *body = NULL;
-        Actions *actions = g_malloc(sizeof(Actions));
-        if(actions == NULL) {
-                die("Unable to allocate memory", EXIT_FAILURE);
-        }
+        Actions *actions = g_malloc0(sizeof(Actions));
         gint timeout = -1;
 
         /* hints */
@@ -145,10 +142,6 @@ static void on_notify(GDBusConnection * connection,
         gchar *category = NULL;
         RawImage *raw_icon = NULL;
 
-        actions->actions = NULL;
-        actions->count = 0;
-        actions->dmenu_str = NULL;
-
         {
                 GVariantIter *iter = g_variant_iter_new(parameters);
                 GVariant *content;
diff --git a/src/notification.c b/src/notification.c
index 45332c5..a08bd1d 100644
--- a/src/notification.c
+++ b/src/notification.c
@@ -323,10 +323,7 @@ char *notification_extract_markup_urls(char **str_ptr) {
  */
 notification *notification_create(void)
 {
-        notification *n = g_malloc(sizeof(notification));
-        if(n == NULL) die("Unable to allocate memory", EXIT_FAILURE);
-        memset(n, 0, sizeof(notification));
-        return n;
+        return g_malloc0(sizeof(notification));
 }
 
 void notification_init_defaults(notification *n)
diff --git a/src/x.c b/src/x.c
index 766813c..62dbce7 100644
--- a/src/x.c
+++ b/src/x.c
@@ -385,9 +385,6 @@ static GdkPixbuf *get_pixbuf_from_raw_image(const RawImage *raw_image)
 static colored_layout *r_init_shared(cairo_t *c, notification *n)
 {
         colored_layout *cl = g_malloc(sizeof(colored_layout));
-        if(cl == NULL) {
-                die("Unable to allocate memory", EXIT_FAILURE);
-        }
         cl->l = pango_cairo_create_layout(c);
 
         if (!settings.word_wrap) {