diff --git a/Source/NSData.m b/Source/NSData.m
index 7fcdaf711..3f2358aaf 100644
--- a/Source/NSData.m
+++ b/Source/NSData.m
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ static Class NSMutableData_concrete_class;
 
 - (id) initWithCapacity: (unsigned int)capacity
 {
-  return [self initWithBytesNoCopy:(*objc_malloc)(capacity)
+  return [self initWithBytesNoCopy: objc_malloc (capacity)
 	       length:capacity];
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/NSMutableData.m b/Source/NSMutableData.m
index 5a1ab209c..e327d013f 100644
--- a/Source/NSMutableData.m
+++ b/Source/NSMutableData.m
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 - (id) initWithCapacity: (unsigned int)capacity
 {
-  return [self initWithBytesNoCopy:(*objc_malloc)(capacity)
+  return [self initWithBytesNoCopy: objc_malloc (capacity)
 	       length:capacity];
 }