diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f3807d18..e0aa2d22 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
   Jackdmp changes log
 ---------------------------
 
+2008-05-13 Stephane Letz  <letz@grame.fr>
+
+	* Fix exception handling in JackShmMem::operator new.
+
 2008-05-12 Stephane Letz  <letz@grame.fr>
 
 	* Allows wrapper library to log in a file (using JACK_WRAPPER_DEBUG=file).
diff --git a/common/JackShmMem.cpp b/common/JackShmMem.cpp
index 0d341f33..45be8ac9 100644
--- a/common/JackShmMem.cpp
+++ b/common/JackShmMem.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ void* JackShmMem::operator new(size_t size)
 
 error:
     jack_error("JackShmMem::new bad alloc", size);
-    throw new std::bad_alloc;
+    throw std::bad_alloc();
 }
 
 void JackShmMem::operator delete(void* p, size_t size)