1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/py/objcell.c b/py/objcell.c
index be2ae8cd9c..2702ca5350 100644
--- a/py/objcell.c
+++ b/py/objcell.c
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ STATIC const mp_obj_type_t mp_type_cell = {
 };
 
 mp_obj_t mp_obj_new_cell(mp_obj_t obj) {
-    mp_obj_cell_t *o = m_new_obj(mp_obj_cell_t);
-    o->base.type = &mp_type_cell;
+    mp_obj_cell_t *o = mp_obj_malloc(mp_obj_cell_t, &mp_type_cell);
     o->obj = obj;
     return MP_OBJ_FROM_PTR(o);
 }