diff --git a/compiler/optimizing/locations.h b/compiler/optimizing/locations.h
index cc3b35b..2162ab9 100644
--- a/compiler/optimizing/locations.h
+++ b/compiler/optimizing/locations.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
  * A Location is an abstraction over the potential location
  * of an instruction. It could be in register or stack.
  */
-class Location {
+class Location : public ValueObject {
  public:
   enum OutputOverlap {
     kOutputOverlap,
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     kUnallocated = 10,
   };
 
-  Location() : value_(kInvalid) {
+  Location() : ValueObject(), value_(kInvalid) {
     // Verify that non-constant location kinds do not interfere with kConstant.
     static_assert((kInvalid & kLocationConstantMask) != kConstant, "TagError");
     static_assert((kUnallocated & kLocationConstantMask) != kConstant, "TagError");
diff --git a/compiler/optimizing/nodes.h b/compiler/optimizing/nodes.h
index 33c0d88..8acde40 100644
--- a/compiler/optimizing/nodes.h
+++ b/compiler/optimizing/nodes.h
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@
 // instructions they use and pointers to the corresponding HUseListNodes kept
 // by the used instructions.
 template <typename T>
-class HUserRecord {
+class HUserRecord : public ValueObject {
  public:
   HUserRecord() : instruction_(nullptr), use_node_(nullptr) {}
   explicit HUserRecord(HInstruction* instruction) : instruction_(instruction), use_node_(nullptr) {}
diff --git a/runtime/base/macros.h b/runtime/base/macros.h
index 1d5dee2..dc692d2 100644
--- a/runtime/base/macros.h
+++ b/runtime/base/macros.h
@@ -68,9 +68,12 @@
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(TypeName)
 
 // A macro to disallow new and delete operators for a class. It goes in the private: declarations.
+// NOTE: Providing placement new (and matching delete) for constructing container elements.
 #define DISALLOW_ALLOCATION() \
   public: \
     NO_RETURN ALWAYS_INLINE void operator delete(void*, size_t) { UNREACHABLE(); } \
+    ALWAYS_INLINE void* operator new(size_t, void* ptr) noexcept { return ptr; } \
+    ALWAYS_INLINE void operator delete(void*, void*) noexcept { } \
   private: \
     void* operator new(size_t) = delete