diff --git a/Testing/Utilities/svmGenericKernelBasicOperationsTest.cxx b/Testing/Utilities/svmGenericKernelBasicOperationsTest.cxx
index be28812895ed42df94c1de4bd313155ee83c4a06..45224d5800d3bbc1880edb78177742e04ad42679 100644
--- a/Testing/Utilities/svmGenericKernelBasicOperationsTest.cxx
+++ b/Testing/Utilities/svmGenericKernelBasicOperationsTest.cxx
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ int svmGenericKernelBasicOperationsTest( int itkNotUsed(argc), char *argv[] )
 
   px = new struct svm_node[5];
   py = new struct svm_node[5];
-  resSub = new struct svm_node[5];
-  resAdd = new struct svm_node[5];
+  resSub = NULL;
+  resAdd = NULL;
 
   px[0].index = 1;
   px[1].index = 1;