diff --git a/services/audioflinger/Tracks.cpp b/services/audioflinger/Tracks.cpp
index 1abfbbc..8f8b785 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/Tracks.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/Tracks.cpp
@@ -128,9 +128,11 @@
             return;
         }
     } else {
-        // this syntax avoids calling the audio_track_cblk_t constructor twice
-        mCblk = (audio_track_cblk_t *) new uint8_t[size];
-        // assume mCblk != NULL
+        mCblk = (audio_track_cblk_t *) malloc(size);
+        if (mCblk == NULL) {
+            ALOGE("not enough memory for AudioTrack size=%zu", size);
+            return;
+        }
     }
 
     // construct the shared structure in-place.
@@ -222,10 +224,9 @@
     // delete the proxy before deleting the shared memory it refers to, to avoid dangling reference
     mServerProxy.clear();
     if (mCblk != NULL) {
+        mCblk->~audio_track_cblk_t();   // destroy our shared-structure.
         if (mClient == 0) {
-            delete mCblk;
-        } else {
-            mCblk->~audio_track_cblk_t();   // destroy our shared-structure.
+            free(mCblk);
         }
     }
     mCblkMemory.clear();    // free the shared memory before releasing the heap it belongs to