diff --git a/intern/guardedalloc/intern/mallocn.c b/intern/guardedalloc/intern/mallocn.c
index a234f31f87a..c00e9466674 100644
--- a/intern/guardedalloc/intern/mallocn.c
+++ b/intern/guardedalloc/intern/mallocn.c
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@
  * lets you count the allocations so as to find the allocator of unfreed memory
  * in situations where the leak is predictable */
 
-#define DEBUG_MEMCOUNTER
+//#define DEBUG_MEMCOUNTER
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_MEMCOUNTER
    /* set this to the value that isn't being freed */
-#  define DEBUG_MEMCOUNTER_ERROR_VAL 34723
+#  define DEBUG_MEMCOUNTER_ERROR_VAL 0
 static int _mallocn_count = 0;
 
 /* breakpoint here */