diff --git a/src/windows/native/sun/bridge/AccessBridgeMessageQueue.cpp b/src/windows/native/sun/bridge/AccessBridgeMessageQueue.cpp
index 6dca15bf8aefd512b923e90cfc3b97f6034b7e64..562fdce5c4295927e39dc50dd26e3cdff40e83e9 100644
--- a/src/windows/native/sun/bridge/AccessBridgeMessageQueue.cpp
+++ b/src/windows/native/sun/bridge/AccessBridgeMessageQueue.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "AccessBridgePackages.h"               // for debugging only
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
+#include <new>
 
 DEBUG_CODE(extern HWND theDialogWindow);
 extern "C" {
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@ AccessBridgeQueueElement::AccessBridgeQueueElement(char *buf, int size) {
     next = (AccessBridgeQueueElement *) 0;
     previous = (AccessBridgeQueueElement *) 0;
     buffer = (char *) malloc(bufsize);
+    if (buffer == NULL) {
+        throw std::bad_alloc();
+    }
     memcpy(buffer, buf, bufsize);
 }