diff --git a/x/gov/client/utils/utils.go b/x/gov/client/utils/utils.go
index 7ac1c77f2156..a3c3723b995a 100644
--- a/x/gov/client/utils/utils.go
+++ b/x/gov/client/utils/utils.go
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ func NormalizeProposalType(proposalType string) v1.ProposalType {
 
 // NormalizeWeightedVoteOptions - normalize vote options param string
 func NormalizeWeightedVoteOptions(options string) string {
-	newOptions := []string{}
-	for _, option := range strings.Split(options, ",") {
+	tmpOptions := strings.Split(options, ",")
+	newOptions := make([]string, 0, len(tmpOptions))
+	for _, option := range tmpOptions {
 		fields := strings.Split(option, "=")
 		fields[0] = NormalizeVoteOption(fields[0])
 		if len(fields) < 2 {
diff --git a/x/gov/keeper/deposit.go b/x/gov/keeper/deposit.go
index d2c13cea6ba8..c93ea91e1a54 100644
--- a/x/gov/keeper/deposit.go
+++ b/x/gov/keeper/deposit.go
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ func (k Keeper) validateInitialDeposit(params v1.Params, initialDeposit sdk.Coin
 
 // validateDepositDenom validates if the deposit denom is accepted by the governance module.
 func (k Keeper) validateDepositDenom(params v1.Params, depositAmount sdk.Coins) error {
-	denoms := []string{}
+	denoms := make([]string, 0, len(params.MinDeposit))
 	acceptedDenoms := make(map[string]bool, len(params.MinDeposit))
 	for _, coin := range params.MinDeposit {
 		acceptedDenoms[coin.Denom] = true
diff --git a/x/gov/keeper/proposal.go b/x/gov/keeper/proposal.go
index ff7a8ab1ebde..91f97b0a7b3a 100644
--- a/x/gov/keeper/proposal.go
+++ b/x/gov/keeper/proposal.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func (k Keeper) SubmitProposal(ctx context.Context, messages []sdk.Msg, metadata
 		}
 	}
 
-	msgs := []string{} // will hold a string slice of all Msg type URLs.
+	msgs := make([]string, 0, len(messages)) // will hold a string slice of all Msg type URLs.
 
 	// Loop through all messages and confirm that each has a handler and the gov module account as the only signer
 	for _, msg := range messages {