diff --git a/libraries/AP_Scheduler/AP_Scheduler.cpp b/libraries/AP_Scheduler/AP_Scheduler.cpp
index f879a1f6e7..7d21cf015a 100644
--- a/libraries/AP_Scheduler/AP_Scheduler.cpp
+++ b/libraries/AP_Scheduler/AP_Scheduler.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ void AP_Scheduler::init(const AP_Scheduler::Task *tasks, uint8_t num_tasks, uint
 
     _num_tasks = _num_vehicle_tasks + _num_common_tasks;
 
-   _last_run = new uint16_t[_num_tasks];
+   _last_run = NEW_NOTHROW uint16_t[_num_tasks];
     _tick_counter = 0;
 
     // setup initial performance counters
diff --git a/libraries/AP_Scheduler/PerfInfo.cpp b/libraries/AP_Scheduler/PerfInfo.cpp
index 6fb2f6dd5d..08d3fc3bd3 100644
--- a/libraries/AP_Scheduler/PerfInfo.cpp
+++ b/libraries/AP_Scheduler/PerfInfo.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ void AP::PerfInfo::ignore_this_loop()
 // allocate the array of task statistics for use by @SYS/tasks.txt
 void AP::PerfInfo::allocate_task_info(uint8_t num_tasks)
 {
-    _task_info = new TaskInfo[num_tasks];
+    _task_info = NEW_NOTHROW TaskInfo[num_tasks];
     if (_task_info == nullptr) {
         DEV_PRINTF("Unable to allocate scheduler TaskInfo\n");
         _num_tasks = 0;