diff --git a/src/curl_stream.c b/src/curl_stream.c
index 9f8b202a8..9963d94cc 100644
--- a/src/curl_stream.c
+++ b/src/curl_stream.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ static int curls_certificate(git_cert **out, git_stream *stream)
 	for (slist = certinfo->certinfo[0]; slist; slist = slist->next) {
 		char *str = git__strdup(slist->data);
 		GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(str);
+		git_vector_insert(&strings, str);
 	}
 
 	/* Copy the contents of the vector into a strarray so we can expose them */
diff --git a/src/merge.c b/src/merge.c
index 61ff93c19..70c705af6 100644
--- a/src/merge.c
+++ b/src/merge.c
@@ -1985,9 +1985,6 @@ static int create_virtual_base(
 	git_index *index = NULL;
 	git_merge_options virtual_opts = GIT_MERGE_OPTIONS_INIT;
 
-	result = git__calloc(1, sizeof(git_annotated_commit));
-	GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(result);
-
 	/* Conflicts in the merge base creation do not propagate to conflicts
 	 * in the result; the conflicted base will act as the common ancestor.
 	 */
@@ -2001,6 +1998,8 @@ static int create_virtual_base(
 			recursion_level + 1, &virtual_opts)) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
+	result = git__calloc(1, sizeof(git_annotated_commit));
+	GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(result);
 	result->type = GIT_ANNOTATED_COMMIT_VIRTUAL;
 	result->index = index;