diff --git a/tests/interfaces/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/interfaces/CMakeLists.txt
index 023b11f3..ad2c002b 100644
--- a/tests/interfaces/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/interfaces/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 set(INTERFACES_UTEST_NAME "interfaces_utest")
+set(UTILS_MEMORY_LIBRARY_NAME  "utils_memory")
 
 add_executable(
     ${INTERFACES_UTEST_NAME}
@@ -9,12 +10,18 @@ target_include_directories(
     ${INTERFACES_UTEST_NAME}
     PUBLIC ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/interfaces/src
 )
+add_library(
+   ${UTILS_MEMORY_LIBRARY_NAME} 
+   STATIC
+   ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/utils/memory.c
+)
 target_link_libraries(
     ${INTERFACES_UTEST_NAME}
 
 	${CMOCKA_LIBRARIES}
 	${SYSREPO_LIBRARIES}
 	${LIBYANG_LIBRARIES}
+    ${UTILS_MEMORY_LIBRARY_NAME}
 )
 add_test(
     NAME ${INTERFACES_UTEST_NAME}
diff --git a/tests/interfaces/interfaces_utest.c b/tests/interfaces/interfaces_utest.c
index ad5affb7..2b3ff80f 100644
--- a/tests/interfaces/interfaces_utest.c
+++ b/tests/interfaces/interfaces_utest.c
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+/* xmalloc, FREE_SAFE */
+#include "utils/memory.h"
+
 /* load api */
 #include "plugin/api/interfaces/load.h"
 
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ int main(void)
 
 static int setup(void **state)
 {
-	interfaces_ctx_t *ctx = malloc(sizeof(interfaces_ctx_t));
+	interfaces_ctx_t *ctx = xmalloc(sizeof(interfaces_ctx_t));
 	if (!ctx) {
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ static int setup(void **state)
 static int teardown(void **state)
 {
 	if (*state) {
-		free(*state);
+		FREE_SAFE(*state);
 	}
 
 	return 0;