diff --git a/common/src/countedbuffer.c b/common/src/countedbuffer.c
index 2e0bfcd3..76ae5222 100644
--- a/common/src/countedbuffer.c
+++ b/common/src/countedbuffer.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 struct CountedBuffer * countedBufferNew(size_t size)
 {
-  struct CountedBuffer * buffer = malloc(sizeof(struct CountedBuffer) + size);
+  struct CountedBuffer * buffer = malloc(sizeof(*buffer) + size);
   if (!buffer)
     return NULL;
 
diff --git a/common/src/option.c b/common/src/option.c
index e116c0f7..f89ae96d 100644
--- a/common/src/option.c
+++ b/common/src/option.c
@@ -120,14 +120,14 @@ bool option_register(struct Option options[])
 
   state.options = realloc(
     state.options,
-    sizeof(struct Option *) * (state.oCount + new)
+    sizeof(*state.options) * (state.oCount + new)
   );
 
   for(int i = 0; options[i].type != OPTION_TYPE_NONE; ++i)
   {
-    state.options[state.oCount + i] = (struct Option *)malloc(sizeof(struct Option));
+    state.options[state.oCount + i] = (struct Option *)malloc(sizeof(**state.options));
     struct Option * o = state.options[state.oCount + i];
-    memcpy(o, &options[i], sizeof(struct Option));
+    memcpy(o, &options[i], sizeof(*o));
 
     if (!o->parser)
     {
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ bool option_register(struct Option options[])
       found = true;
       group->options = realloc(
         group->options,
-        sizeof(struct Option *) * (group->count + 1)
+        sizeof(*group->options) * (group->count + 1)
       );
       group->options[group->count] = o;
 
@@ -215,14 +215,14 @@ bool option_register(struct Option options[])
     {
       state.groups = realloc(
         state.groups,
-        sizeof(struct OptionGroup) * (state.gCount + 1)
+        sizeof(*state.groups) * (state.gCount + 1)
       );
 
       struct OptionGroup * group = &state.groups[state.gCount];
       ++state.gCount;
 
       group->module     = o->module;
-      group->options    = malloc(sizeof(struct Option *));
+      group->options    = malloc(sizeof(*group->options));
       group->options[0] = o;
       group->count      = 1;
       group->pad        = strlen(o->name);
diff --git a/common/src/platform/linux/crash.c b/common/src/platform/linux/crash.c
index a47c637b..10c4b07f 100644
--- a/common/src/platform/linux/crash.c
+++ b/common/src/platform/linux/crash.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static int dl_iterate_phdr_callback(struct dl_phdr_info * info, size_t size, voi
       ttl += hdr.p_memsz;
   }
 
-  crash.ranges = realloc(crash.ranges, sizeof(struct range) * (crash.rangeCount + 1));
+  crash.ranges = realloc(crash.ranges, sizeof(*crash.ranges) * (crash.rangeCount + 1));
   crash.ranges[crash.rangeCount].start = info->dlpi_addr;
   crash.ranges[crash.rangeCount].end   = info->dlpi_addr + ttl;
   ++crash.rangeCount;
diff --git a/common/src/platform/linux/event.c b/common/src/platform/linux/event.c
index dd30236c..c8fb2405 100644
--- a/common/src/platform/linux/event.c
+++ b/common/src/platform/linux/event.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ struct LGEvent
 
 LGEvent * lgCreateEvent(bool autoReset, unsigned int msSpinTime)
 {
-  LGEvent * handle = (LGEvent *)calloc(sizeof(LGEvent), 1);
+  LGEvent * handle = (LGEvent *)calloc(sizeof(*handle), 1);
   if (!handle)
   {
     DEBUG_ERROR("Failed to allocate memory");
diff --git a/common/src/platform/linux/ivshmem.c b/common/src/platform/linux/ivshmem.c
index 84660c76..92aef4f1 100644
--- a/common/src/platform/linux/ivshmem.c
+++ b/common/src/platform/linux/ivshmem.c
@@ -171,8 +171,7 @@ bool ivshmemOpenDev(struct IVSHMEM * dev, const char * shmDevice)
     return false;
   }
 
-  struct IVSHMEMInfo * info =
-    (struct IVSHMEMInfo *)malloc(sizeof(struct IVSHMEMInfo));
+  struct IVSHMEMInfo * info = (struct IVSHMEMInfo *)malloc(sizeof(*info));
   info->size   = devSize;
   info->devFd  = devFd;
   info->hasDMA = hasDMA;
diff --git a/common/src/platform/linux/thread.c b/common/src/platform/linux/thread.c
index 5a9d9e16..7e5ab24e 100644
--- a/common/src/platform/linux/thread.c
+++ b/common/src/platform/linux/thread.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static void * threadWrapper(void * opaque)
 
 bool lgCreateThread(const char * name, LGThreadFunction function, void * opaque, LGThread ** handle)
 {
-  *handle = (LGThread*)malloc(sizeof(LGThread));
+  *handle = (LGThread*)malloc(sizeof(**handle));
   (*handle)->name     = name;
   (*handle)->function = function;
   (*handle)->opaque   = opaque;
diff --git a/common/src/platform/linux/time.c b/common/src/platform/linux/time.c
index 86c5bd81..939dd9b1 100644
--- a/common/src/platform/linux/time.c
+++ b/common/src/platform/linux/time.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static void TimerProc(union sigval arg)
 bool lgCreateTimer(const unsigned int intervalMS, LGTimerFn fn,
     void * udata, LGTimer ** result)
 {
-  LGTimer * ret = malloc(sizeof(LGTimer));
+  LGTimer * ret = malloc(sizeof(*ret));
 
   if (!ret)
   {
diff --git a/common/src/platform/windows/ivshmem.c b/common/src/platform/windows/ivshmem.c
index 486557f2..f198f32d 100644
--- a/common/src/platform/windows/ivshmem.c
+++ b/common/src/platform/windows/ivshmem.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ bool ivshmemInit(struct IVSHMEM * dev)
   SP_DEVICE_INTERFACE_DATA         devInterfaceData = {0};
   int                              deviceAllocated = 1;
   int                              deviceCount = 0;
-  struct IVSHMEMData             * devices = malloc(sizeof(struct IVSHMEMData) * deviceAllocated);
+  struct IVSHMEMData             * devices = malloc(sizeof(*devices) * deviceAllocated);
 
   devInfoSet = SetupDiGetClassDevs(&GUID_DEVINTERFACE_IVSHMEM, NULL, NULL, DIGCF_PRESENT | DIGCF_DEVICEINTERFACE);
   devInfoData.cbSize      = sizeof(SP_DEVINFO_DATA);
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ bool ivshmemInit(struct IVSHMEM * dev)
     if (deviceCount >= deviceAllocated)
     {
       int newCount = deviceAllocated * 2;
-      void * new = realloc(devices, newCount * sizeof(struct IVSHMEMData));
+      struct IVSHMEMData * new = realloc(devices, newCount * sizeof(*new));
       if (!new)
       {
         DEBUG_ERROR("Failed to allocate memory");
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ bool ivshmemInit(struct IVSHMEM * dev)
   }
 
   const int shmDevice = option_get_int("os", "shmDevice");
-  qsort(devices, deviceCount, sizeof(struct IVSHMEMData), ivshmemComparator);
+  qsort(devices, deviceCount, sizeof(*devices), ivshmemComparator);
 
   for (int i = 0; i < deviceCount; ++i)
   {
@@ -181,8 +181,7 @@ bool ivshmemInit(struct IVSHMEM * dev)
   free(infData);
   SetupDiDestroyDeviceInfoList(devInfoSet);
 
-  struct IVSHMEMInfo * info =
-    (struct IVSHMEMInfo *)malloc(sizeof(struct IVSHMEMInfo));
+  struct IVSHMEMInfo * info = (struct IVSHMEMInfo *)malloc(sizeof(*info));
 
   info->handle = handle;
   dev->opaque  = info;
diff --git a/common/src/platform/windows/thread.c b/common/src/platform/windows/thread.c
index 30d3dd82..462b4400 100644
--- a/common/src/platform/windows/thread.c
+++ b/common/src/platform/windows/thread.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static DWORD WINAPI threadWrapper(LPVOID lpParameter)
 
 bool lgCreateThread(const char * name, LGThreadFunction function, void * opaque, LGThread ** handle)
 {
-  *handle             = (LGThread *)malloc(sizeof(LGThread));
+  *handle             = (LGThread *)malloc(sizeof(**handle));
   (*handle)->name     = name;
   (*handle)->function = function;
   (*handle)->opaque   = opaque;
diff --git a/common/src/platform/windows/time.c b/common/src/platform/windows/time.c
index 451510b4..185819d3 100644
--- a/common/src/platform/windows/time.c
+++ b/common/src/platform/windows/time.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static void TimerProc(HWND Arg1, UINT Arg2, UINT_PTR Arg3, DWORD Arg4)
 bool lgCreateTimer(const unsigned int intervalMS, LGTimerFn fn,
     void * udata, LGTimer ** result)
 {
-  LGTimer * ret = malloc(sizeof(LGTimer));
+  LGTimer * ret = malloc(sizeof(*ret));
   if (!ret)
   {
     DEBUG_ERROR("failed to malloc LGTimer struct");
diff --git a/common/src/stringlist.c b/common/src/stringlist.c
index f4cb06a6..2af26dbf 100644
--- a/common/src/stringlist.c
+++ b/common/src/stringlist.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct StringList
 
 StringList stringlist_new(bool owns_strings)
 {
-  StringList sl = malloc(sizeof(struct StringList));
+  StringList sl = malloc(sizeof(*sl));
 
   sl->owns_strings = owns_strings;
   sl->size         = 32;
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ int stringlist_push (StringList sl, char * str)
   if (sl->count == sl->size)
   {
     sl->size += 32;
-    sl->list  = realloc(sl->list, sizeof(char *) * sl->size);
+    sl->list  = realloc(sl->list, sizeof(*sl->list) * sl->size);
   }
 
   unsigned int index = sl->count;
@@ -77,4 +77,4 @@ char * stringlist_at(StringList sl, unsigned int index)
     return NULL;
 
   return sl->list[index];
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}