diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/util/Memory.h b/Eigen/src/Core/util/Memory.h
index 2ab8ffaee..66cdbd8dd 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/util/Memory.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/util/Memory.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ inline void throw_std_bad_alloc()
     throw std::bad_alloc();
   #else
     std::size_t huge = static_cast<std::size_t>(-1);
-    new int[huge];
+    ::operator new(huge);
   #endif
 }