1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pp.c b/pp.c
index 04fab022d2..0cc80e67bb 100644
--- a/pp.c
+++ b/pp.c
@@ -323,8 +323,7 @@ PP(pp_av2arylen)
     AV * const av = (AV*)TOPs;
     SV ** const sv = Perl_av_arylen_p(aTHX_ (AV*)av);
     if (!*sv) {
-	*sv = newSV(0);
-	sv_upgrade(*sv, SVt_PVMG);
+	*sv = newSV_type(SVt_PVMG);
 	sv_magic(*sv, (SV*)av, PERL_MAGIC_arylen, NULL, 0);
     }
     SETs(*sv);