diff --git a/src/bun.js/node/node_fs.zig b/src/bun.js/node/node_fs.zig
index 3795143350..9e89ff2f55 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/node/node_fs.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/node/node_fs.zig
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ pub const AsyncReaddirRecursiveTask = struct {
     pub fn deinit(this: *AsyncReaddirRecursiveTask) void {
         bun.assert(this.root_fd == bun.invalid_fd); // should already have closed it
         if (this.pending_err) |*err| {
-            bun.default_allocator.free(err.path);
+            err.deinit();
         }
 
         this.ref.unref(this.globalObject.bunVM());
diff --git a/src/bun.js/webcore/blob/copy_file.zig b/src/bun.js/webcore/blob/copy_file.zig
index 236f95267e..800f25aea2 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/webcore/blob/copy_file.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/webcore/blob/copy_file.zig
@@ -998,6 +998,7 @@ pub const CopyFileWindows = struct {
         const globalThis = this.event_loop.global;
         const promise = this.promise.swap();
         const err_instance = err.toJSC(globalThis);
+
         var event_loop = this.event_loop;
         event_loop.enter();
         defer event_loop.exit();
@@ -1109,9 +1110,10 @@ pub const CopyFileWindows = struct {
     fn onMkdirpComplete(this: *CopyFileWindows) void {
         this.event_loop.unrefConcurrently();
 
-        if (this.err) |err| {
+        if (bun.take(&this.err)) |err| {
             this.throw(err);
-            bun.default_allocator.free(err.path);
+            var err2 = err;
+            err2.deinit();
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/shell/builtin/mv.zig b/src/shell/builtin/mv.zig
index 03b9a9b220..4880a696ce 100644
--- a/src/shell/builtin/mv.zig
+++ b/src/shell/builtin/mv.zig
@@ -352,12 +352,12 @@ pub fn batchedMoveTaskDone(this: *Mv, task: *ShellMvBatchedTask) void {
 
     var exec = &this.state.executing;
 
-    if (task.err) |err| {
+    if (task.err) |*err| {
         exec.error_signal.store(true, .seq_cst);
         if (exec.err == null) {
-            exec.err = err;
+            exec.err = err.*;
         } else {
-            bun.default_allocator.free(err.path);
+            err.deinit();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/shell/builtin/rm.zig b/src/shell/builtin/rm.zig
index 26b3c1fd2b..01edbbcfa4 100644
--- a/src/shell/builtin/rm.zig
+++ b/src/shell/builtin/rm.zig
@@ -581,7 +581,8 @@ pub const ShellRmTask = struct {
                         this.task_manager.err = err;
                         this.task_manager.error_signal.store(true, .seq_cst);
                     } else {
-                        bun.default_allocator.free(err.path);
+                        var err2 = err;
+                        err2.deinit();
                     }
                 },
                 .result => {},
@@ -596,7 +597,7 @@ pub const ShellRmTask = struct {
                 this.task_manager.err = err;
                 this.task_manager.error_signal.store(true, .seq_cst);
             } else {
-                bun.default_allocator.free(err.path);
+                this.task_manager.err.?.deinit();
             }
         }