diff --git a/src/html/mod_tables.cpp b/src/html/mod_tables.cpp
index b3d99ecb21..01bc6552ab 100644
--- a/src/html/mod_tables.cpp
+++ b/src/html/mod_tables.cpp
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ void wxHtmlTableCell::ReallocRows(int rows)
     m_CellInfo = (cellStruct**) realloc(m_CellInfo, sizeof(cellStruct*) * rows);
     if (m_NumCols != 0) {
         int x = rows - 1;
-        m_CellInfo[x] = new cellStruct[m_NumCols];
+        m_CellInfo[x] = (cellStruct*) malloc(sizeof(cellStruct) * m_NumCols);
         for (int i = 0; i < m_NumCols; i++)
             m_CellInfo[x][i].flag = cellFree;
     }