diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_geometry_attribute_search.cc b/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_geometry_attribute_search.cc
index 04b08a2474e..05487b0780d 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_geometry_attribute_search.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_geometry_attribute_search.cc
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ void node_geometry_add_attribute_search_button(const bContext & /*C*/,
                                  "");
 
   const bNodeSocket &socket = *static_cast<const bNodeSocket *>(socket_ptr.data);
-  AttributeSearchData *data = MEM_new<AttributeSearchData>(__func__);
+  AttributeSearchData *data = MEM_cnew<AttributeSearchData>(__func__);
   data->node_id = node.identifier;
   STRNCPY(data->socket_identifier, socket.identifier);