diff --git a/src/emu/machine.cpp b/src/emu/machine.cpp
index 18b8aeba0bf..ae797fc81d2 100644
--- a/src/emu/machine.cpp
+++ b/src/emu/machine.cpp
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ void running_machine::set_saveload_filename(const char *filename)
 		// take into account the statename option
 		const char *stateopt = options().state_name();
 		std::string statename = get_statename(stateopt);
-		m_saveload_pending_file = string_format("%s%s%s.sta", statename.c_str(), PATH_SEPARATOR, filename);
+		m_saveload_pending_file = string_format("%s%s%s.sta", statename, PATH_SEPARATOR, filename);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/osd/modules/file/winfile.cpp b/src/osd/modules/file/winfile.cpp
index bd70fb95eda..13af3a025c8 100644
--- a/src/osd/modules/file/winfile.cpp
+++ b/src/osd/modules/file/winfile.cpp
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<osd::directory::entry> osd_stat(const std::string &path)
 
 	// create an osd::directory::entry; be sure to make sure that the caller can
 	// free all resources by just freeing the resulting osd::directory::entry
-	osd::directory::entry *result = (osd::directory::entry *) operator new(sizeof(*result) + path.length() + 1);
+	osd::directory::entry *result = (osd::directory::entry *) ::operator new(sizeof(*result) + path.length() + 1);
 	if (!result)
 		return nullptr;
 	strcpy(((char *) result) + sizeof(*result), path.c_str());