@@ -413,12 +413,12 @@
 
 		if (count > SIZE_MAX / itemSize)
 			@throw [OFOutOfRangeException exception];
 
 		if (allowsSwappableMemory) {
-			_items = [self allocMemoryWithSize: itemSize
-						     count: count];
+			_items = of_malloc(count, itemSize);
+			_freeWhenDone = true;
 			memset(_items, 0, count * itemSize);
 #if defined(HAVE_MMAP) && defined(HAVE_MLOCK) && defined(MAP_ANON)
 		} else if (count * itemSize >= pageSize)
 			_items = mapPages(OF_ROUND_UP_POW2(pageSize,
 			    count * itemSize) / pageSize);