diff --git a/gen/classes.cpp b/gen/classes.cpp
index 647f7cd4..725aacff 100644
--- a/gen/classes.cpp
+++ b/gen/classes.cpp
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ DValue* DtoNewClass(Loc loc, TypeClass* tc, NewExp* newexp)
     // default allocator
     else
     {
-        llvm::Function* fn = LLVM_D_GetRuntimeFunction(gIR->module, "_d_newclass");
+        llvm::Function* fn = LLVM_D_GetRuntimeFunction(gIR->module, "_d_allocclass");
         mem = gIR->CreateCallOrInvoke(fn, tc->sym->ir.irStruct->classInfo, ".newclass_gc_alloc")->get();
         mem = DtoBitCast(mem, DtoType(tc), ".newclass_gc");
     }
diff --git a/gen/runtime.cpp b/gen/runtime.cpp
index a32e7ff9..1dec712c 100644
--- a/gen/runtime.cpp
+++ b/gen/runtime.cpp
@@ -257,9 +257,9 @@ static void LLVM_D_BuildRuntimeModule()
         llvm::Function::Create(fty, llvm::GlobalValue::ExternalLinkage, fname2, M);
     }
 
-    // Object _d_newclass(ClassInfo ci)
+    // Object _d_allocclass(ClassInfo ci)
     {
-        std::string fname("_d_newclass");
+        std::string fname("_d_allocclass");
         std::vector<const LLType*> types;
         types.push_back(classInfoTy);
         const llvm::FunctionType* fty = llvm::FunctionType::get(objectTy, types, false);
diff --git a/runtime/internal/genobj.d b/runtime/internal/genobj.d
index 6228abcd..7bffb30b 100644
--- a/runtime/internal/genobj.d
+++ b/runtime/internal/genobj.d
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ private
     debug(PRINTF) import tango.stdc.stdio; // : printf;
 
     extern (C) void onOutOfMemoryError();
-    extern (C) Object _d_newclass(ClassInfo ci);
+    extern (C) Object _d_allocclass(ClassInfo ci);
 }
 
 // NOTE: For some reason, this declaration method doesn't work
@@ -188,7 +188,11 @@ class ClassInfo : Object
     {
         if (flags & 8 && !defaultConstructor)
             return null;
-        Object o = _d_newclass(this);
+
+        Object o = _d_allocclass(this);
+        // initialize it
+        (cast(byte*) o)[0 .. init.length] = init[];
+
         if (flags & 8 && defaultConstructor)
         {
             defaultConstructor(o);
diff --git a/runtime/internal/lifetime.d b/runtime/internal/lifetime.d
index e50fa470..1d410bba 100644
--- a/runtime/internal/lifetime.d
+++ b/runtime/internal/lifetime.d
@@ -88,11 +88,11 @@ private
 /**
  *
  */
-extern (C) Object _d_newclass(ClassInfo ci)
+extern (C) Object _d_allocclass(ClassInfo ci)
 {
     void* p;
 
-    debug(PRINTF2) printf("_d_newclass(ci = %p, %s)\n", ci, cast(char *)ci.name.ptr);
+    debug(PRINTF2) printf("_d_allocclass(ci = %p, %s)\n", ci, cast(char *)ci.name.ptr);
     /+
     if (ci.flags & 1) // if COM object
     {   /* COM objects are not garbage collected, they are reference counted
diff --git a/runtime/internal/mars.h b/runtime/internal/mars.h
index e15ace3c..cca67710 100644
--- a/runtime/internal/mars.h
+++ b/runtime/internal/mars.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ void _d_monitorexit(Object *h);
 int _d_isbaseof(ClassInfo *b, ClassInfo *c);
 Object *_d_dynamic_cast(Object *o, ClassInfo *ci);
 
-Object * _d_newclass(ClassInfo *ci);
+Object * _d_allocclass(ClassInfo *ci);
 void _d_delclass(Object **p);
 
 void _d_OutOfMemory();