1 files changed, 5 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate.cpp b/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate.cpp
index c5c35d522a..b0ae0dcf44 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate.cpp
@@ -567,11 +567,6 @@ void QHttpThreadDelegate::synchronousFinishedWithErrorSlot(QNetworkReply::Networ
     httpReply = nullptr;
 }
 
-static void downloadBufferDeleter(char *ptr)
-{
-    delete[] ptr;
-}
-
 void QHttpThreadDelegate::headerChangedSlot()
 {
     if (!httpReply)
@@ -589,14 +584,11 @@ void QHttpThreadDelegate::headerChangedSlot()
     // Is using a zerocopy buffer allowed by user and possible with this reply?
     if (httpReply->supportsUserProvidedDownloadBuffer()
         && (downloadBufferMaximumSize > 0) && (httpReply->contentLength() <= downloadBufferMaximumSize)) {
-        QT_TRY {
-            char *buf = new char[httpReply->contentLength()]; // throws if allocation fails
-            if (buf) {
-                downloadBuffer = QSharedPointer<char>(buf, downloadBufferDeleter);
-                httpReply->setUserProvidedDownloadBuffer(buf);
-            }
-        } QT_CATCH(const std::bad_alloc &) {
-            // in out of memory situations, don't use downloadbuffer.
+        char *buf = new (std::nothrow) char[httpReply->contentLength()];
+        // in out of memory situations, don't use downloadBuffer.
+        if (buf) {
+            downloadBuffer = QSharedPointer<char>(buf, [](auto p) { delete[] p; });
+            httpReply->setUserProvidedDownloadBuffer(buf);
         }
     }