diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9d9a6a803..3556c772d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2021-05-01  Alexei Podtelezhnikov  <apodtele@gmail.com>
+
+	* src/sfnt/pngshim.c (Load_SBit_Png): Tweak allocaton macro.
+
 2021-05-01  Alexei Podtelezhnikov  <apodtele@gmail.com>
 
 	[truetype] Avoid some memory zeroing.
diff --git a/src/sfnt/pngshim.c b/src/sfnt/pngshim.c
index 19b5db8a5..02fe37440 100644
--- a/src/sfnt/pngshim.c
+++ b/src/sfnt/pngshim.c
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@
         goto DestroyExit;
     }
 
-    if ( FT_NEW_ARRAY( rows, imgHeight ) )
+    if ( FT_QNEW_ARRAY( rows, imgHeight ) )
     {
       error = FT_THROW( Out_Of_Memory );
       goto DestroyExit;