diff --git a/src/base/static_storage.h b/src/base/static_storage.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92175be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/base/static_storage.h
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
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+#ifndef BASE_STATIC_STORAGE_H_
+#define BASE_STATIC_STORAGE_H_
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include <utility>
+
+namespace tcmalloc {
+
+template <typename T>
+class StaticStorage {
+public:
+  T* get() {
+    return reinterpret_cast<T*>(bytes_);
+  }
+  const T* get() const {
+    return reinterpret_cast<const T*>(bytes_);
+  }
+
+  template <class... U>
+  T* Construct(U&&... u) {
+    return new (bytes_) T(std::forward<U>(u)...);
+  }
+private:
+  alignas(alignof(T)) uint8_t bytes_[sizeof(T)];
+};
+
+}  // namespace tcmalloc
+
+#endif  // BASE_STATIC_STORAGE_H_
diff --git a/src/emergency_malloc.cc b/src/emergency_malloc.cc
index b4b6923..142daab 100644
--- a/src/emergency_malloc.cc
+++ b/src/emergency_malloc.cc
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "base/logging.h"
 #include "base/low_level_alloc.h"
 #include "base/spinlock.h"
+#include "base/static_storage.h"
 #include "internal_logging.h"
 #include "mmap_hook.h"
 #include "thread_cache_ptr.h"
@@ -80,11 +81,9 @@ static void InitEmergencyMalloc(void) {
 
   emergency_arena_end = emergency_arena_start = reinterpret_cast<char *>(ptr);
 
-  static struct alignas(alignof(EmergencyArenaPagesAllocator)) {
-    uint8_t bytes[sizeof(EmergencyArenaPagesAllocator)];
-  } pages_allocator_place;
+  static StaticStorage<EmergencyArenaPagesAllocator> pages_allocator_place;
+  EmergencyArenaPagesAllocator* allocator = pages_allocator_place.Construct();
 
-  EmergencyArenaPagesAllocator *allocator = new (&pages_allocator_place) EmergencyArenaPagesAllocator();
   emergency_arena = LowLevelAlloc::NewArenaWithCustomAlloc(0, LowLevelAlloc::DefaultArena(), allocator);
 
   emergency_arena_start_shifted = reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(emergency_arena_start) >> kEmergencyArenaShift;