diff --git a/intern/guardedalloc/cpp/mallocn.cpp b/intern/guardedalloc/cpp/mallocn.cpp
index bf51409e84f..b4d19a62bdc 100644
--- a/intern/guardedalloc/cpp/mallocn.cpp
+++ b/intern/guardedalloc/cpp/mallocn.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 void* operator new (size_t size)
 {
-	return MEM_mallocN(size, "c++/anonymous");
+	return MEM_mallocN(size, "C++/anonymous");
 }
 
 /* not default but can be used when needing to set a string */