diff --git a/ompi/mca/sharedfp/individual/sharedfp_individual_file_open.c b/ompi/mca/sharedfp/individual/sharedfp_individual_file_open.c
index 4dd8a53947..d28f5f7b83 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/sharedfp/individual/sharedfp_individual_file_open.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/sharedfp/individual/sharedfp_individual_file_open.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ int mca_sharedfp_individual_file_open (struct ompi_communicator_t *comm,
     if ( NULL == sh ){
         opal_output(0, "mca_sharedfp_individual_file_open: Error, unable to malloc "
 		    "f_sharedfp_ptr struct\n");
+	free (shfileHandle );
         return OMPI_ERR_OUT_OF_RESOURCE;
     }
 
@@ -94,6 +95,8 @@ int mca_sharedfp_individual_file_open (struct ompi_communicator_t *comm,
                                    MPI_INFO_NULL, datafilehandle, false);
     if ( OMPI_SUCCESS != err) {
         opal_output(0, "mca_sharedfp_individual_file_open: Error during datafile file open\n");
+        free (shfileHandle );
+        free (sh);
         return err;
     }
 
@@ -107,14 +110,31 @@ int mca_sharedfp_individual_file_open (struct ompi_communicator_t *comm,
 
     /* metadata filename created by appending .metadata.$rank to the original filename*/
     metadatafilename = (char*) malloc ( len );
+    if ( NULL == metadatafilename ) {
+        free (shfileHandle );
+        free (sh);
+        opal_output(0, "mca_sharedfp_individual_file_open: Error during memory allocation\n");
+        return OMPI_ERR_OUT_OF_RESOURCE;
+    }
     snprintf ( metadatafilename, len, "%s%s%d", filename, ".metadata.",rank);
 
     metadatafilehandle = (mca_io_ompio_file_t *)malloc(sizeof(mca_io_ompio_file_t));
+    if ( NULL == metadatafilehandle ) {
+        free (shfileHandle );
+        free (sh);
+        free (metadatafilename);
+        opal_output(0, "mca_sharedfp_individual_file_open: Error during memory allocation\n");
+        return OMPI_ERR_OUT_OF_RESOURCE;
+    }
     err = ompio_io_ompio_file_open ( MPI_COMM_SELF,metadatafilename,
                                      MPI_MODE_RDWR | MPI_MODE_CREATE | MPI_MODE_DELETE_ON_CLOSE,
                                      MPI_INFO_NULL, metadatafilehandle, false);
     if ( OMPI_SUCCESS != err) {
         opal_output(0, "mca_sharedfp_individual_file_open: Error during metadatafile file open\n");
+        free (shfileHandle );
+        free (sh);
+        free (metadatafilename);
+        free (metadatafilehandle);
         return err;
     }
 
diff --git a/ompi/mca/sharedfp/lockedfile/sharedfp_lockedfile_file_open.c b/ompi/mca/sharedfp/lockedfile/sharedfp_lockedfile_file_open.c
index 6c44483691..a58e7851a6 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/sharedfp/lockedfile/sharedfp_lockedfile_file_open.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/sharedfp/lockedfile/sharedfp_lockedfile_file_open.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ int mca_sharedfp_lockedfile_file_open (struct ompi_communicator_t *comm,
     sh = (struct mca_sharedfp_base_data_t*)malloc(sizeof(struct mca_sharedfp_base_data_t));
     if ( NULL == sh){
         opal_output(0, "mca_sharedfp_lockedfile_file_open: Error, unable to malloc f_sharedfp_ptr struct\n");
+	free ( shfileHandle);
         return OMPI_ERR_OUT_OF_RESOURCE;
     }
     /*Populate the sh file structure based on the implementation*/
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ int mca_sharedfp_lockedfile_file_open (struct ompi_communicator_t *comm,
     module_data = (struct mca_sharedfp_lockedfile_data*)malloc(sizeof(struct mca_sharedfp_lockedfile_data));
     if ( NULL == module_data ) {
         printf("mca_sharedfp_lockedfile_file_open: Error, unable to malloc lockedfile_data struct\n");
+	free (shfileHandle);
+	free (sh);
         return OMPI_ERR_OUT_OF_RESOURCE;
     }
 
@@ -104,6 +107,8 @@ int mca_sharedfp_lockedfile_file_open (struct ompi_communicator_t *comm,
     handle = open ( lockedfilename, O_RDWR, 0644  );
     if ( -1 == handle ) {
         printf("[%d]mca_sharedfp_lockedfile_file_open: Error during file open\n", rank);
+	free (shfileHandle);
+	free (sh);
 	free(module_data);
         return OMPI_ERROR;
     }
diff --git a/ompi/mca/sharedfp/sm/sharedfp_sm_file_open.c b/ompi/mca/sharedfp/sm/sharedfp_sm_file_open.c
index 7cd3fdd5af..c3ef36149d 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/sharedfp/sm/sharedfp_sm_file_open.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/sharedfp/sm/sharedfp_sm_file_open.c
@@ -64,9 +64,14 @@ int mca_sharedfp_sm_file_open (struct ompi_communicator_t *comm,
     /*Open the same file again without shared file pointer*/
     /*----------------------------------------------------*/
     shfileHandle = (mca_io_ompio_file_t *)malloc(sizeof(mca_io_ompio_file_t));
+    if ( NULL == shfileHandle ) {
+        opal_output(0, "mca_sharedfp_sm_file_open: Error during memory allocation\n");
+        return OMPI_ERR_OUT_OF_RESOURCE;
+    }	
     err = ompio_io_ompio_file_open(comm,filename,amode,info,shfileHandle,false);
     if ( OMPI_SUCCESS != err) {
         opal_output(0, "mca_sharedfp_sm_file_open: Error during file open\n");
+        free (shfileHandle);
         return err;
     }
     shfileHandle->f_fh = fh->f_fh;