diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 050612214..00f309234 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Knot Resolver 6.0.10 (202y-mm-dd)
-================================
+=================================
 
 Improvements
 ------------
diff --git a/daemon/engine.c b/daemon/engine.c
index 509915df3..a0da529be 100644
--- a/daemon/engine.c
+++ b/daemon/engine.c
@@ -741,8 +741,6 @@ int engine_register(const char *name, const char *precedence, const char* ref)
 	if (!module) {
 		return kr_error(ENOMEM);
 	}
-	module->data = the_engine; /*< some outside modules may still use this value */
-
 	int ret = kr_module_load(module, name, LIBDIR "/kres_modules");
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		/* We have a C module, loaded and init() was called.
diff --git a/lib/module.c b/lib/module.c
index 79219d3a1..df9a1f5e7 100644
--- a/lib/module.c
+++ b/lib/module.c
@@ -103,10 +103,8 @@ int kr_module_load(struct kr_module *module, const char *name, const char *path)
 		return kr_error(EINVAL);
 	}
 
-	/* Initialize, keep userdata */
-	void *data = module->data;
+	/* Initialize */
 	memset(module, 0, sizeof(struct kr_module));
-	module->data = data;
 	module->name = strdup(name);
 	if (module->name == NULL) {
 		return kr_error(ENOMEM);
@@ -123,6 +121,8 @@ int kr_module_load(struct kr_module *module, const char *name, const char *path)
 		ret = module->init(module);
 	}
 	if (ret != 0) {
+		/* Avoid calling deinit() as init() wasn't called or failed. */
+		module->deinit = NULL;
 		kr_module_unload(module);
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/module.h b/lib/module.h
index 507b2df1c..4dd5a4907 100644
--- a/lib/module.h
+++ b/lib/module.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ struct kr_prop {
 /**
  * Load a C module instance into memory.  And call its init().
  *
- * @param module module structure.  Will be overwritten except for ->data on success.
+ * @param module module structure.  Will be overwritten.
  * @param name module name
  * @param path module search path
  * @return 0 or an error
diff --git a/modules/stats/stats.c b/modules/stats/stats.c
index 596847d7c..09a0cfdc8 100644
--- a/modules/stats/stats.c
+++ b/modules/stats/stats.c
@@ -624,6 +624,9 @@ int stats_init(struct kr_module *module)
 	/* Initialize ring buffer of recently visited upstreams */
 	array_init(data->upstreams.q);
 	if (array_reserve(data->upstreams.q, UPSTREAMS_COUNT) != 0) {
+		trie_free(data->trie);
+		lru_free(data->queries.frequent);
+		free(data);
 		return kr_error(ENOMEM);
 	}
 	data->upstreams.q.len = UPSTREAMS_COUNT; /* signify we use the entries */