diff --git a/src/compiler/CompilerUtility.h b/src/compiler/CompilerUtility.h
index d431678..5e8e993 100644
--- a/src/compiler/CompilerUtility.h
+++ b/src/compiler/CompilerUtility.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 /* Allocate the initial memory block for arena-based allocation */
 bool oatHeapInit(CompilationUnit* cUnit);
 
-/* Collect memory usage statstics */
+/* Collect memory usage statistics */
 //#define WITH_MEMSTATS
 
 struct ArenaMemBlock {
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@
   char ptr[0];
 };
 
-void* oatNew(CompilationUnit* cUnit, size_t size, bool zero,
-             oatAllocKind kind = kAllocMisc);
+void* oatNew(CompilationUnit* cUnit, size_t size, bool zero, oatAllocKind kind);
 
 void oatArenaReset(CompilationUnit *cUnit);
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/Frontend.cc b/src/compiler/Frontend.cc
index 5365d4a..a764583 100644
--- a/src/compiler/Frontend.cc
+++ b/src/compiler/Frontend.cc
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@
   /* Set up for simple method detection */
   int numPatterns = sizeof(specialPatterns)/sizeof(specialPatterns[0]);
   bool livePattern = (numPatterns > 0) && !(cUnit->disableOpt & (1 << kMatch));
-  bool* deadPattern = (bool*)oatNew(cUnit.get(), sizeof(bool) * numPatterns,
+  bool* deadPattern = (bool*)oatNew(cUnit.get(), sizeof(bool) * numPatterns, true,
                                      kAllocMisc);
   SpecialCaseHandler specialCase = kNoHandler;
   int patternPos = 0;