diff --git a/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/gui/team_window/VariablesView.cpp b/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/gui/team_window/VariablesView.cpp
index 113c6cb8f4..b3cd434ef0 100644
--- a/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/gui/team_window/VariablesView.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/gui/team_window/VariablesView.cpp
@@ -2103,7 +2103,7 @@ status_t
 VariablesView::_AddContextAction(const char* action, uint32 what,
 	ContextActionList* actions, BMessage*& _message)
 {
-	_message = new BMessage(what);
+	_message = new(std::nothrow) BMessage(what);
 	if (_message == NULL)
 		return B_NO_MEMORY;