diff --git a/src/llama-model-loader.cpp b/src/llama-model-loader.cpp
index 75073bf61..05d58ad90 100644
--- a/src/llama-model-loader.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-model-loader.cpp
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ void llama_model_loader::init_mappings(bool prefetch, llama_mlocks * mlock_mmaps
         for (const auto & file : files) {
             auto * reg = ggml_backend_dev_backend_reg(ggml_backend_dev_by_type(GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU));
             auto * is_numa_fn = (decltype(ggml_is_numa) *) ggml_backend_reg_get_proc_address(reg, "ggml_backend_cpu_is_numa");
-            std::unique_ptr<llama_mmap> mapping(new llama_mmap(file.get(), prefetch ? -1 : 0, is_numa_fn()));
+            std::unique_ptr<llama_mmap> mapping = std::make_unique<llama_mmap>(file.get(), prefetch ? -1 : 0, is_numa_fn());
             mmaps_used.emplace_back(mapping->size(), 0);
             if (mlock_mmaps) {
                 std::unique_ptr<llama_mlock> mlock_mmap(new llama_mlock());