diff --git a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseMatrix.h b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseMatrix.h
index be134d3d3..6723e4ec2 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseMatrix.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseMatrix.h
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ class SparseMatrix
     {
       if(m_innerNonZeros != 0)
         return; 
-      m_innerNonZeros = new Index[m_outerSize]; 
+      m_innerNonZeros = static_cast<Index*>(std::malloc(m_outerSize * sizeof(Index)));
       for (int i = 0; i < m_outerSize; i++)
       {
         m_innerNonZeros[i] = m_outerIndex[i+1] - m_outerIndex[i];