diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp
index e9a5685889db86a8d84759673922ab8e52caeba7..5d507d165fd8ae69741b6a861f069c6e1cba6532 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp
@@ -1481,11 +1481,9 @@ char* SharedRuntime::generate_class_cast_message(
   const char* desc = " cannot be cast to ";
   size_t msglen = strlen(objName) + strlen(desc) + strlen(targetKlassName) + 1;
 
-  char* message = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, msglen);
+  char* message = NEW_RESOURCE_ARRAY(char, msglen);
   if (NULL == message) {
-    // out of memory - can't use a detailed message.  Since caller is
-    // using a resource mark to free memory, returning this should be
-    // safe (caller won't explicitly delete it).
+    // Shouldn't happen, but don't cause even more problems if it does
     message = const_cast<char*>(objName);
   } else {
     jio_snprintf(message, msglen, "%s%s%s", objName, desc, targetKlassName);