diff --git a/engine/common/zone.c b/engine/common/zone.c
index 286ff0a8d..7791783d9 100644
--- a/engine/common/zone.c
+++ b/engine/common/zone.c
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ void *Z_Realloc(void *data, int newsize)
 
 void *BZF_Malloc(int size)	//BZ_Malloc but allowed to fail - like straight malloc.
 {
-	return calloc(size, 1); 
+	return malloc(size); 
 }
 
 void *BZ_Malloc(int size)	//Doesn't clear. The expectation is a large file, rather than sensative data structures.
diff --git a/engine/qclib/initlib.c b/engine/qclib/initlib.c
index 9dd5e4fa8..200658598 100644
--- a/engine/qclib/initlib.c
+++ b/engine/qclib/initlib.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ string_t PR_StringToProgs			(progfuncs_t *progfuncs, char *str)
 	prinst->maxallocedstrings += 1024;
 	ntable = memalloc(sizeof(char*) * prinst->maxallocedstrings); 
 	memcpy(ntable, prinst->allocedstrings, sizeof(char*) * prinst->numallocedstrings);
-	memset(ntable + prinst->numallocedstrings, 0, sizeof(char*) * prinst->maxallocedstrings - prinst->numallocedstrings);
+	memset(ntable + prinst->numallocedstrings, 0, sizeof(char*) * (prinst->maxallocedstrings - prinst->numallocedstrings));
 	prinst->numallocedstrings = prinst->maxallocedstrings;
 	if (prinst->allocedstrings)
 		memfree(prinst->allocedstrings);