1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/py/objfilter.c b/py/objfilter.c
index 41b2a3bc5f..a402d8c648 100644
--- a/py/objfilter.c
+++ b/py/objfilter.c
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ typedef struct _mp_obj_filter_t {
 
 STATIC mp_obj_t filter_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type, size_t n_args, size_t n_kw, const mp_obj_t *args) {
     mp_arg_check_num(n_args, n_kw, 2, 2, false);
-    mp_obj_filter_t *o = m_new_obj(mp_obj_filter_t);
-    o->base.type = type;
+    mp_obj_filter_t *o = mp_obj_malloc(mp_obj_filter_t, type);
     o->fun = args[0];
     o->iter = mp_getiter(args[1], NULL);
     return MP_OBJ_FROM_PTR(o);