diff --git a/tcp.c b/tcp.c
index 515acbf..ad34220 100644
--- a/tcp.c
+++ b/tcp.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ int tcpconnect(struct server *server, struct timeval *when, int timeout, char *t
 /* returns 0 on timeout, -1 on error and num if ok */
 int tcpreadtimeout(int s, unsigned char *buf, int num, int timeout) {
     int ndesc, cnt, len;
-    fd_set readfds, writefds;
+    fd_set readfds;
     struct timeval timer;
 
     if (s < 0)
@@ -144,12 +144,11 @@ int tcpreadtimeout(int s, unsigned char *buf, int num, int timeout) {
     for (len = 0; len < num; len += cnt) {
 	FD_ZERO(&readfds);
 	FD_SET(s, &readfds);
-	writefds = readfds;
 	if (timeout) {
 	    timer.tv_sec = timeout;
 	    timer.tv_usec = 0;
 	}
-	ndesc = select(s + 1, &readfds, &writefds, NULL, timeout ? &timer : NULL);
+	ndesc = select(s + 1, &readfds, NULL,  NULL, timeout ? &timer : NULL);
 	if (ndesc < 1)
 	    return ndesc;
 
@@ -322,6 +321,7 @@ void *tcpservernew(void *arg) {
     struct client *client;
 
     s = *(int *)arg;
+    free(arg);
     if (getpeername(s, (struct sockaddr *)&from, &fromlen)) {
 	debug(DBG_DBG, "tcpservernew: getpeername failed, exiting");
 	goto exit;
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ exit:
 void *tcplistener(void *arg) {
     pthread_t tcpserverth;
     int s, *sp = (int *)arg;
+    int *s_arg;
     struct sockaddr_storage from;
     socklen_t fromlen = sizeof(from);
 
@@ -361,8 +362,11 @@ void *tcplistener(void *arg) {
 	    debug(DBG_WARN, "accept failed");
 	    continue;
 	}
-	if (pthread_create(&tcpserverth, &pthread_attr, tcpservernew, (void *)&s)) {
+	s_arg = malloc(sizeof(int));
+	*s_arg = s;
+	if (pthread_create(&tcpserverth, &pthread_attr, tcpservernew, (void *)s_arg)) {
 	    debug(DBG_ERR, "tcplistener: pthread_create failed");
+	    free(s_arg);
 	    shutdown(s, SHUT_RDWR);
 	    close(s);
 	    continue;
diff --git a/tls.c b/tls.c
index 41defea..7397b71 100644
--- a/tls.c
+++ b/tls.c
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ void *tlsservernew(void *arg) {
     struct tls *accepted_tls = NULL;
 
     s = *(int *)arg;
+    free(arg);
     if (getpeername(s, (struct sockaddr *)&from, &fromlen)) {
 	debug(DBG_DBG, "tlsservernew: getpeername failed, exiting");
 	goto exit;
@@ -463,6 +464,7 @@ exit:
 void *tlslistener(void *arg) {
     pthread_t tlsserverth;
     int s, *sp = (int *)arg;
+    int *s_arg;
     struct sockaddr_storage from;
     socklen_t fromlen = sizeof(from);
 
@@ -474,8 +476,11 @@ void *tlslistener(void *arg) {
 	    debug(DBG_WARN, "accept failed");
 	    continue;
 	}
-	if (pthread_create(&tlsserverth, &pthread_attr, tlsservernew, (void *)&s)) {
+	s_arg = malloc(sizeof(int));
+	*s_arg = s;
+	if (pthread_create(&tlsserverth, &pthread_attr, tlsservernew, (void *)s_arg)) {
 	    debug(DBG_ERR, "tlslistener: pthread_create failed");
+	    free(s_arg);
 	    shutdown(s, SHUT_RDWR);
 	    close(s);
 	    continue;