diff --git a/src/xercesc/util/XMLException.cpp b/src/xercesc/util/XMLException.cpp
index d46caf229b6d20fac19885621b38fc403ba06c1c..f0a9370042bd300fd6cc15ed7dfe05f0e91cce24 100644
--- a/src/xercesc/util/XMLException.cpp
+++ b/src/xercesc/util/XMLException.cpp
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ XMLException::XMLException() :
     , fSrcFile(0)
     , fSrcLine(0)
     , fMsg(0)
-    , fMemoryManager(0)
+    , fMemoryManager(XMLPlatformUtils::fgMemoryManager)
 {
 }