diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/util/Memory.h b/Eigen/src/Core/util/Memory.h
index e2c750ce8..023716dc9 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/util/Memory.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/util/Memory.h
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ inline void throw_std_bad_alloc()
   #ifdef EIGEN_EXCEPTIONS
     throw std::bad_alloc();
   #else
-    new int[size_t(-1)];
+    std::size_t huge = -1;
+    new int[huge];
   #endif
 }