diff --git a/xmlstring.c b/xmlstring.c
index 54af2121..54734724 100644
--- a/xmlstring.c
+++ b/xmlstring.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ xmlStrndup(const xmlChar *cur, int len) {
     if ((cur == NULL) || (len < 0)) return(NULL);
     ret = (xmlChar *) xmlMallocAtomic((size_t) len + 1);
     if (ret == NULL) {
-        xmlErrMemory(NULL, NULL);
         return(NULL);
     }
     memcpy(ret, cur, len);
@@ -93,7 +92,6 @@ xmlCharStrndup(const char *cur, int len) {
     if ((cur == NULL) || (len < 0)) return(NULL);
     ret = (xmlChar *) xmlMallocAtomic((size_t) len + 1);
     if (ret == NULL) {
-        xmlErrMemory(NULL, NULL);
         return(NULL);
     }
     for (i = 0;i < len;i++) {
@@ -463,7 +461,6 @@ xmlStrncat(xmlChar *cur, const xmlChar *add, int len) {
         return(NULL);
     ret = (xmlChar *) xmlRealloc(cur, (size_t) size + len + 1);
     if (ret == NULL) {
-        xmlErrMemory(NULL, NULL);
         return(cur);
     }
     memcpy(&ret[size], add, len);
@@ -503,7 +500,6 @@ xmlStrncatNew(const xmlChar *str1, const xmlChar *str2, int len) {
         return(NULL);
     ret = (xmlChar *) xmlMalloc((size_t) size + len + 1);
     if (ret == NULL) {
-        xmlErrMemory(NULL, NULL);
         return(xmlStrndup(str1, size));
     }
     memcpy(ret, str1, size);
@@ -1032,7 +1028,6 @@ xmlEscapeFormatString(xmlChar **msg)
            out-of-memory situations. */
         xmlFree(*msg);
         *msg = NULL;
-        xmlErrMemory(NULL, NULL);
         return(NULL);
     }