From 8c4f10d3aa59fd8a49a5cedb4dcee37775fe6b20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vas Crabb <vas@vastheman.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 03:29:33 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] apparently 3AM is not the time to code (nw)

---
 src/lib/util/corealloc.cpp | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/util/corealloc.cpp b/src/lib/util/corealloc.cpp
index 789e8325204..eb6ebe80b37 100644
--- a/src/lib/util/corealloc.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/util/corealloc.cpp
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ std::uint8_t g_mame_new_prefill_byte(0xcd);
 void *operator new(std::size_t n)
 {
 	void *const result(std::malloc(n));
-	if (ptr)
+	if (result)
 	{
-		std::fill_n(reinterpret_cast<std::uint8_t volatile *>(ptr), n, g_mame_new_prefill_byte);
-		return ptr;
+		std::fill_n(reinterpret_cast<std::uint8_t volatile *>(result), n, g_mame_new_prefill_byte);
+		return result;
 	}
 	else
 	{