diff --git a/src/aof.c b/src/aof.c
index 69c4d8681..a85399ab0 100644
--- a/src/aof.c
+++ b/src/aof.c
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ int startAppendOnly(void) {
     newfd = open(server.aof_filename,O_WRONLY|O_APPEND|O_CREAT,0644);
     serverAssert(server.aof_state == AOF_OFF);
     if (newfd == -1) {
+        char *str_err = strerror(errno);
         char *cwdp = getcwd(cwd,MAXPATHLEN);
 
         serverLog(LL_WARNING,
@@ -299,7 +300,7 @@ int startAppendOnly(void) {
             "append only file %s (in server root dir %s): %s",
             server.aof_filename,
             cwdp ? cwdp : "unknown",
-            strerror(errno));
+            str_err);
         return C_ERR;
     }
     if (hasActiveChildProcess() && server.child_type != CHILD_TYPE_AOF) {
diff --git a/src/rdb.c b/src/rdb.c
index f3ea05317..64780bbb5 100644
--- a/src/rdb.c
+++ b/src/rdb.c
@@ -1372,13 +1372,14 @@ int rdbSave(char *filename, rdbSaveInfo *rsi) {
     snprintf(tmpfile,256,"temp-%d.rdb", (int) getpid());
     fp = fopen(tmpfile,"w");
     if (!fp) {
+        char *str_err = strerror(errno);
         char *cwdp = getcwd(cwd,MAXPATHLEN);
         serverLog(LL_WARNING,
-            "Failed opening the RDB file %s (in server root dir %s) "
+            "Failed opening the temp RDB file %s (in server root dir %s) "
             "for saving: %s",
-            filename,
+            tmpfile,
             cwdp ? cwdp : "unknown",
-            strerror(errno));
+            str_err);
         return C_ERR;
     }
 
@@ -1402,6 +1403,7 @@ int rdbSave(char *filename, rdbSaveInfo *rsi) {
     /* Use RENAME to make sure the DB file is changed atomically only
      * if the generate DB file is ok. */
     if (rename(tmpfile,filename) == -1) {
+        char *str_err = strerror(errno);
         char *cwdp = getcwd(cwd,MAXPATHLEN);
         serverLog(LL_WARNING,
             "Error moving temp DB file %s on the final "
@@ -1409,7 +1411,7 @@ int rdbSave(char *filename, rdbSaveInfo *rsi) {
             tmpfile,
             filename,
             cwdp ? cwdp : "unknown",
-            strerror(errno));
+            str_err);
         unlink(tmpfile);
         stopSaving(0);
         return C_ERR;