diff --git a/src/shared/util.c b/src/shared/util.c
index a70c709..7878552 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.c
+++ b/src/shared/util.c
@@ -37,6 +37,22 @@
 
 #include "src/shared/util.h"
 
+void *btd_malloc(size_t size)
+{
+	if (__builtin_expect(!!size, 1)) {
+		void *ptr;
+
+		ptr = malloc(size);
+		if (ptr)
+			return ptr;
+
+		fprintf(stderr, "failed to allocate %zu bytes\n", size);
+		abort();
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 void util_debug(util_debug_func_t function, void *user_data,
 						const char *format, ...)
 {
diff --git a/src/shared/util.h b/src/shared/util.h
index 65f5359..ff705d0 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.h
+++ b/src/shared/util.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <alloca.h>
 #include <byteswap.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
 #define le16_to_cpu(val) (val)
@@ -78,10 +79,21 @@ do {						\
 #define PTR_TO_INT(p) ((int) ((intptr_t) (p)))
 #define INT_TO_PTR(u) ((void *) ((intptr_t) (u)))
 
-#define new0(t, n) ((t*) calloc((n), sizeof(t)))
+#define new0(type, count)			\
+	(type *) (__extension__ ({		\
+		size_t __n = (size_t) (count);	\
+		size_t __s = sizeof(type);	\
+		void *__p;			\
+		__p = btd_malloc(__n * __s);	\
+		memset(__p, 0, __n * __s);	\
+		__p;				\
+	}))
+
 #define newa(t, n) ((t*) alloca(sizeof(t)*(n)))
 #define malloc0(n) (calloc((n), 1))
 
+void *btd_malloc(size_t size);
+
 typedef void (*util_debug_func_t)(const char *str, void *user_data);
 
 void util_debug(util_debug_func_t function, void *user_data,