diff --git a/src/osx/carbon/dataobj.cpp b/src/osx/carbon/dataobj.cpp
index 5445aa6b14..edd62110b3 100644
--- a/src/osx/carbon/dataobj.cpp
+++ b/src/osx/carbon/dataobj.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "wx/mstream.h"
 #include "wx/metafile.h"
+#include "wx/scopedarray.h"
 #include "wx/tokenzr.h"
 #include "wx/filename.h"
 
@@ -391,8 +392,8 @@ bool wxDataObject::GetFromPasteboard( void * pb )
     PasteboardRef pasteboard = (PasteboardRef) pb;
 
     size_t formatcount = GetFormatCount(wxDataObject::Set);
-    wxDataFormat *array = new wxDataFormat[ formatcount ];
-    GetAllFormats(array, wxDataObject::Set);
+    wxScopedArray<wxDataFormat> array(formatcount);
+    GetAllFormats(array.get(), wxDataObject::Set);
     
     ItemCount itemCount = 0;
     wxString filenamesPassed;
@@ -535,8 +536,8 @@ bool wxDataObject::HasDataInPasteboard( void * pb )
 {
     PasteboardRef pasteboard = (PasteboardRef) pb;
     size_t formatcount = GetFormatCount(wxDataObject::Set);
-    wxDataFormat *array = new wxDataFormat[ formatcount ];
-    GetAllFormats(array, wxDataObject::Set);
+    wxScopedArray<wxDataFormat> array(formatcount);
+    GetAllFormats(array.get(), wxDataObject::Set);
     ItemCount itemCount = 0;
     bool hasData = false;