diff --git a/src/system/kernel/vm/VMKernelArea.cpp b/src/system/kernel/vm/VMKernelArea.cpp
index 8328864be2..941316cf48 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/vm/VMKernelArea.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/vm/VMKernelArea.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ VMKernelArea::Create(VMAddressSpace* addressSpace, const char* name,
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (area->Init(name, allocationFlags) != B_OK) {
-		delete area;
+		area->~VMKernelArea();
+		free_etc(area, allocationFlags);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/system/kernel/vm/VMUserArea.cpp b/src/system/kernel/vm/VMUserArea.cpp
index f40096e147..f515fef262 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/vm/VMUserArea.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/vm/VMUserArea.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ VMUserArea::Create(VMAddressSpace* addressSpace, const char* name,
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (area->Init(name, allocationFlags) != B_OK) {
-		delete area;
+		area->~VMUserArea();
+		free_etc(area, allocationFlags);
 		return NULL;
 	}