diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qarraydata.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qarraydata.cpp
index 275fbc1ed5..a693f04042 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qarraydata.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qarraydata.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ QArrayData *QArrayData::allocate(size_t objectSize, size_t alignment,
         allocSize += (alignment - Q_ALIGNOF(QArrayData));
 
     QArrayData *header = static_cast<QArrayData *>(::malloc(allocSize));
-    Q_CHECK_PTR(header);
     if (header) {
         quintptr data = (quintptr(header) + sizeof(QArrayData) + alignment - 1)
                 & ~(alignment - 1);
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qarraydatapointer.h b/src/corelib/tools/qarraydatapointer.h
index 1539b3672f..81eae4cf81 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qarraydatapointer.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qarraydatapointer.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public:
     explicit QArrayDataPointer(QTypedArrayData<T> *ptr)
         : d(ptr)
     {
+        Q_CHECK_PTR(ptr);
     }
 
     QArrayDataPointer &operator=(const QArrayDataPointer &other)