diff --git a/backends/cloud/cloudmanager.cpp b/backends/cloud/cloudmanager.cpp
index ed48ec50795..3e1c94f9094 100644
--- a/backends/cloud/cloudmanager.cpp
+++ b/backends/cloud/cloudmanager.cpp
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ void CloudManager::connectStorage(uint32 index, Common::String code) {
 	// in these constructors Storages request token using the passed code
 	// when the token is received, they call replaceStorage()
 	// or removeStorage(), if some error occurred
+	// thus, no memory leak happens
 }
 
 void CloudManager::printBool(Storage::BoolResponse response) const {
diff --git a/backends/cloud/dropbox/dropboxstorage.cpp b/backends/cloud/dropbox/dropboxstorage.cpp
index 4171af04437..d7aea012af4 100644
--- a/backends/cloud/dropbox/dropboxstorage.cpp
+++ b/backends/cloud/dropbox/dropboxstorage.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Networking::Request *DropboxStorage::streamFileById(Common::String path, Network
 
 	Networking::NetworkReadStreamResponse response = request->execute();
 	if (callback) (*callback)(response);
-	return response.request;
+	return response.request; // no leak here, response.request == request
 }
 
 Networking::Request *DropboxStorage::createDirectory(Common::String path, BoolCallback callback, Networking::ErrorCallback errorCallback) {
diff --git a/backends/cloud/dropbox/dropboxuploadrequest.cpp b/backends/cloud/dropbox/dropboxuploadrequest.cpp
index a3d7dd0d6d6..ee6f6656659 100644
--- a/backends/cloud/dropbox/dropboxuploadrequest.cpp
+++ b/backends/cloud/dropbox/dropboxuploadrequest.cpp
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ void DropboxUploadRequest::partUploadedCallback(Networking::JsonResponse respons
 			//debug("%s", json->stringify(true).c_str());
 
 			if (object.contains("error") || object.contains("error_summary")) {
-				warning("Dropbox returned error: %s", object.getVal("error_summary")->asString().c_str());
-				delete json;
+				warning("Dropbox returned error: %s", object.getVal("error_summary")->asString().c_str());				
 				error.response = json->stringify(true);
 				finishError(error);
+				delete json;
 				return;
 			}
 
diff --git a/backends/cloud/googledrive/googledriveuploadrequest.cpp b/backends/cloud/googledrive/googledriveuploadrequest.cpp
index 73a7fbfcaca..dfff46c0d26 100644
--- a/backends/cloud/googledrive/googledriveuploadrequest.cpp
+++ b/backends/cloud/googledrive/googledriveuploadrequest.cpp
@@ -266,9 +266,9 @@ void GoogleDriveUploadRequest::partUploadedCallback(Networking::JsonResponse res
 
 			if (object.contains("error")) {
 				warning("GoogleDrive returned error: %s", json->stringify(true).c_str());
-				delete json;
 				error.response = json->stringify(true);
 				finishError(error);
+				delete json;
 				return;
 			}
 
diff --git a/backends/cloud/onedrive/onedriveuploadrequest.cpp b/backends/cloud/onedrive/onedriveuploadrequest.cpp
index 5b86c6c9883..500f875b9d5 100644
--- a/backends/cloud/onedrive/onedriveuploadrequest.cpp
+++ b/backends/cloud/onedrive/onedriveuploadrequest.cpp
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ void OneDriveUploadRequest::partUploadedCallback(Networking::JsonResponse respon
 
 			if (object.contains("error")) {
 				warning("OneDrive returned error: %s", json->stringify(true).c_str());
-				delete json;
 				error.response = json->stringify(true);
 				finishError(error);
+				delete json;
 				return;
 			}