diff --git a/libnetutil/netutil.cc b/libnetutil/netutil.cc
index 6756790f3..d73881cfe 100644
--- a/libnetutil/netutil.cc
+++ b/libnetutil/netutil.cc
@@ -4138,13 +4138,15 @@ pcap_t *my_pcap_open_live(const char *device, int snaplen, int promisc, int to_m
 /* Set a pcap filter */
 void set_pcap_filter(const char *device, pcap_t *pd, const char *bpf, ...) {
   va_list ap;
+  int size;
   char buf[3072];
   struct bpf_program fcode;
 
   va_start(ap, bpf);
-  if (Vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), bpf, ap) >= (int) sizeof(buf))
-    netutil_fatal("%s called with too-large filter arg\n", __func__);
+  size = Vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), bpf, ap);
   va_end(ap);
+  if (size >= (int) sizeof(buf))
+    netutil_fatal("%s called with too-large filter arg\n", __func__);
 
   if (pcap_compile(pd, &fcode, buf, 1, PCAP_NETMASK_UNKNOWN) < 0)
     netutil_fatal("Error compiling our pcap filter: %s", pcap_geterr(pd));
diff --git a/nbase/snprintf.c b/nbase/snprintf.c
index 541b960b4..c00be9ce6 100644
--- a/nbase/snprintf.c
+++ b/nbase/snprintf.c
@@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ snprintf (char *str, size_t sz, const char *format, ...)
 
   va_start(args, format);
   ret = vsnprintf (str, sz, format, args);
+  va_end(args);
 
 #ifdef PARANOIA
   {
@@ -497,14 +498,15 @@ snprintf (char *str, size_t sz, const char *format, ...)
 
     tmp = safe_malloc (sz);
 
+    va_start(args, format);
     ret2 = vsprintf (tmp, format, args);
+    va_end(args);
     if (ret != ret2 || strcmp(str, tmp))
       abort ();
     free (tmp);
   }
 #endif
 
-  va_end(args);
   return ret;
 }
 #endif
@@ -565,6 +567,7 @@ asprintf (char **ret, const char *format, ...)
 
   va_start(args, format);
   val = vasprintf (ret, format, args);
+  va_end(args);
 
 #ifdef PARANOIA
   {
@@ -572,14 +575,15 @@ asprintf (char **ret, const char *format, ...)
     char *tmp;
     tmp = safe_malloc (val + 1);
 
+    va_start(args, format);
     ret2 = vsprintf (tmp, format, args);
+    va_end(args);
     if (val != ret2 || strcmp(*ret, tmp))
       abort ();
     free (tmp);
   }
 #endif
 
-  va_end(args);
   return val;
 }
 #endif
@@ -593,6 +597,7 @@ asnprintf (char **ret, size_t max_sz, const char *format, ...)
 
   va_start(args, format);
   val = vasnprintf (ret, max_sz, format, args);
+  va_end(args);
 
 #ifdef PARANOIA
   {
@@ -600,14 +605,15 @@ asnprintf (char **ret, size_t max_sz, const char *format, ...)
     char *tmp;
     tmp = safe_malloc (val + 1);
 
+    va_start(args, format);
     ret2 = vsprintf (tmp, format, args);
+    va_end(args);
     if (val != ret2 || strcmp(*ret, tmp))
       abort ();
     free (tmp);
   }
 #endif
 
-  va_end(args);
   return val;
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/nping/output.cc b/nping/output.cc
index 509b1452f..e6817ec4b 100644
--- a/nping/output.cc
+++ b/nping/output.cc
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ int nping_fatal(int level, const char *str, ...) {
   char errstr[MAX_ERR_STR_LEN];
   memset(errstr,0, MAX_ERR_STR_LEN);
 
-  va_start(list, str);
   fflush(stdout);
   fflush(stderr);
 
@@ -166,11 +165,12 @@ int nping_fatal(int level, const char *str, ...) {
 
 
   if ( (level>=QT_3 && level<=VB_4) || (level>=DBG_1 && level<=DBG_9) ){
+    va_start(list, str);
     vfprintf(stderr, str, list);
+    va_end(list);
     fprintf(stderr,"\n"); /* Print to stderr */
   }
 
-  va_end(list);
   exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
   return OP_SUCCESS;
 } /* End of nping_fatal() */
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ int nping_warning(int level, const char *str, ...) {
   bool skipnewline=false;
   memset(errstr,0, MAX_ERR_STR_LEN);
 
-  va_start(list, str);
   fflush(stdout);
   fflush(stderr);
 
@@ -210,11 +209,12 @@ int nping_warning(int level, const char *str, ...) {
 
   /* Otherwise, print the info to stderr*/
   if ( (level>=QT_3 && level<=VB_4) || (level>=DBG_1 && level<=DBG_9) ){
+    va_start(list, str);
     vfprintf(stderr, str, list); /* Print to stderr */
+    va_end(list);
     if( !skipnewline )
         fprintf(stderr,"\n"); 
   }
-  va_end(list);
   return OP_SUCCESS;
 } /* End of nping_warning() */
 
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@ int nping_print(int level, const char *str, ...){
   bool skipnewline=false;
   memset(errstr,0, MAX_ERR_STR_LEN);
 
-  va_start(list, str);
   fflush(stdout);
 
   int current_vb_level= o.getVerbosity();
@@ -251,11 +250,12 @@ int nping_print(int level, const char *str, ...){
 
   /* Otherwise, print the info to stderr*/
   if ( (level>=QT_3 && level<=VB_4) || (level>=DBG_1 && level<=DBG_9) ){
+    va_start(list, str);
     vfprintf(stdout, str, list); /* Print to stderr */
+    va_end(list);
     if( !skipnewline )
         fprintf(stdout,"\n");
   }
-  va_end(list);
   return OP_SUCCESS;
 } /* End of nping_print() */
 
diff --git a/nsock/src/nsock_write.c b/nsock/src/nsock_write.c
index 994b93284..a9d85165d 100644
--- a/nsock/src/nsock_write.c
+++ b/nsock/src/nsock_write.c
@@ -175,18 +175,20 @@ nsock_event_id nsock_printf(nsock_pool ms_pool, nsock_iod ms_iod,
   char displaystr[256];
 
   va_list ap;
-  va_start(ap,format);
 
   nse = event_new(nsp, NSE_TYPE_WRITE, nsi, timeout_msecs, handler, userdata);
   assert(nse);
 
+  va_start(ap,format);
   res = Vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), format, ap);
   va_end(ap);
 
   if (res != -1) {
     if (res > sizeof(buf)) {
       buf2 = (char * )safe_malloc(res + 16);
+      va_start(ap,format);
       res2 = Vsnprintf(buf2, sizeof(buf), format, ap);
+      va_end(ap);
       if (res2 == -1 || res2 > res) {
         free(buf2);
         buf2 = NULL;