diff --git a/Foundation/include/Poco/SharedPtr.h b/Foundation/include/Poco/SharedPtr.h
index 4da53f34c..30553f7b6 100644
--- a/Foundation/include/Poco/SharedPtr.h
+++ b/Foundation/include/Poco/SharedPtr.h
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ SharedPtr<T> makeShared(Args&&... args)
 template <typename T>
 SharedPtr<T, ReferenceCounter, ReleaseArrayPolicy<T>> makeSharedArray(std::size_t size)
 {
-	return new SharedPtr<T, ReferenceCounter, ReleaseArrayPolicy<T>>(new T[size]);
+	return SharedPtr<T, ReferenceCounter, ReleaseArrayPolicy<T>>(new T[size]);
 }