diff --git a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
index 4a278542eb94..2cb5a678acdc 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ template <class ELFT> void BinaryFile::parse() {
   StringRef SizeName = Saver.save(Twine(Filename) + "_size");
 
   auto *Section =
-      new InputSection<ELFT>(SHF_ALLOC, SHT_PROGBITS, 8, Data, ".data");
+      make<InputSection<ELFT>>(SHF_ALLOC, SHT_PROGBITS, 8, Data, ".data");
   Sections.push_back(Section);
 
   elf::Symtab<ELFT>::X->addRegular(StartName, STV_DEFAULT, Section, STB_GLOBAL,