diff --git a/src/jemalloc_cpp.cpp b/src/jemalloc_cpp.cpp
index fffd6aee..5a682991 100644
--- a/src/jemalloc_cpp.cpp
+++ b/src/jemalloc_cpp.cpp
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ handleOOM(std::size_t size, bool nothrow) {
 	}
 
 	if (ptr == nullptr && !nothrow)
-		std::__throw_bad_alloc();
+		throw std::bad_alloc();
 	return ptr;
 }