diff --git a/Modules/_csv.c b/Modules/_csv.c
index 67d5d9f..5e03635 100644
--- a/Modules/_csv.c
+++ b/Modules/_csv.c
@@ -1104,6 +1104,8 @@
 	char *terminator;
 
 	terminator_len = PyString_Size(self->dialect->lineterminator);
+	if (terminator_len == -1)
+		return 0;
 
 	/* grow record buffer if necessary */
 	if (!join_check_rec_size(self, self->rec_len + terminator_len))
diff --git a/Modules/_elementtree.c b/Modules/_elementtree.c
index 06ae24c..3dd5c26 100644
--- a/Modules/_elementtree.c
+++ b/Modules/_elementtree.c
@@ -327,8 +327,10 @@
 
     if (attrib != Py_None) {
 
-        if (element_new_extra(self, attrib) < 0)
+        if (element_new_extra(self, attrib) < 0) {
+            PyObject_Del(self);
             return NULL;
+	}
 
         self->extra->length = 0;
         self->extra->allocated = STATIC_CHILDREN;
diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
index 4c0da6f..afe699b 100644
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
@@ -183,9 +183,9 @@
 	int sockstate;
 
 	self = PyObject_New(PySSLObject, &PySSL_Type); /* Create new object */
-	if (self == NULL){
-		errstr = "newPySSLObject error";
-		goto fail;
+	if (self == NULL) {
+		PyErr_SetString(PySSLErrorObject, "newPySSLObject error");
+		return NULL;
 	}
 	memset(self->server, '\0', sizeof(char) * X509_NAME_MAXLEN);
 	memset(self->issuer, '\0', sizeof(char) * X509_NAME_MAXLEN);