diff --git a/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate.cpp b/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate.cpp
index 261a1eccd67..b0ae0dcf446 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate.cpp
@@ -584,14 +584,11 @@ void QHttpThreadDelegate::headerChangedSlot()
     // Is using a zerocopy buffer allowed by user and possible with this reply?
     if (httpReply->supportsUserProvidedDownloadBuffer()
         && (downloadBufferMaximumSize > 0) && (httpReply->contentLength() <= downloadBufferMaximumSize)) {
-        QT_TRY {
-            char *buf = new char[httpReply->contentLength()]; // throws if allocation fails
-            if (buf) {
-                downloadBuffer = QSharedPointer<char>(buf, [](auto p) { delete[] p; });
-                httpReply->setUserProvidedDownloadBuffer(buf);
-            }
-        } QT_CATCH(const std::bad_alloc &) {
-            // in out of memory situations, don't use downloadbuffer.
+        char *buf = new (std::nothrow) char[httpReply->contentLength()];
+        // in out of memory situations, don't use downloadBuffer.
+        if (buf) {
+            downloadBuffer = QSharedPointer<char>(buf, [](auto p) { delete[] p; });
+            httpReply->setUserProvidedDownloadBuffer(buf);
         }
     }