diff --git a/intern/guardedalloc/MEM_guardedalloc.h b/intern/guardedalloc/MEM_guardedalloc.h
index bbba69edf1d..55ea1d0bb70 100644
--- a/intern/guardedalloc/MEM_guardedalloc.h
+++ b/intern/guardedalloc/MEM_guardedalloc.h
@@ -239,6 +239,10 @@ void MEM_use_guarded_allocator(void);
     { \
       if (mem) \
         MEM_freeN(mem); \
+    } \
+    void *operator new(size_t /*count*/, void *ptr) \
+    { \
+      return ptr; \
     }
 
 /* Needed when type includes a namespace, then the namespace should not be