diff --git a/src/pacman/add.c b/src/pacman/add.c
index e04707f2..607ac1f0 100644
--- a/src/pacman/add.c
+++ b/src/pacman/add.c
@@ -175,8 +175,7 @@ int pacman_add(alpm_list_t *targets)
 				break;
 		}
 		add_cleanup();
-		alpm_list_free_inner(data, free);
-		alpm_list_free(data);
+		FREELIST(data);
 		return(1);
 	}
 	alpm_list_free(data);
diff --git a/src/pacman/callback.c b/src/pacman/callback.c
index 3389ed85..05aec140 100644
--- a/src/pacman/callback.c
+++ b/src/pacman/callback.c
@@ -420,9 +420,7 @@ void cb_trans_progress(pmtransprog_t event, const char *pkgname, int percent,
 			printf("%s", (char *)i->data);
 		}
 		fflush(stdout);
-		alpm_list_free_inner(output, free);
-		alpm_list_free(output);
-		output = NULL;
+		FREELIST(output);
 	} else {
 		on_progress = 1;
 	}
diff --git a/src/pacman/remove.c b/src/pacman/remove.c
index 1028d9e8..ae2595a5 100644
--- a/src/pacman/remove.c
+++ b/src/pacman/remove.c
@@ -133,8 +133,7 @@ int pacman_remove(alpm_list_t *targets)
 							depstring);
 					free(depstring);
 				}
-				alpm_list_free_inner(data, free);
-				alpm_list_free(data);
+				FREELIST(data);
 				break;
 			default:
 				break;
diff --git a/src/pacman/sync.c b/src/pacman/sync.c
index 9cf781a9..df102af2 100644
--- a/src/pacman/sync.c
+++ b/src/pacman/sync.c
@@ -717,8 +717,7 @@ static int sync_trans(alpm_list_t *targets, int sync_only)
 	/* Step 4: release transaction resources */
 cleanup:
 	if(data) {
-		alpm_list_free_inner(data, free);
-		alpm_list_free(data);
+		FREELIST(data);
 	}
 	if(alpm_trans_release() == -1) {
 		fprintf(stderr, _("error: failed to release transaction (%s)\n"),