diff --git a/src/bun.js/web_worker.zig b/src/bun.js/web_worker.zig
index 5612d43c7a..3c41ce6af8 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/web_worker.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/web_worker.zig
@@ -237,8 +237,7 @@ pub fn create(
         }
     }
 
-    var worker = bun.handleOom(bun.default_allocator.create(WebWorker));
-    worker.* = WebWorker{
+    var worker = bun.new(WebWorker, WebWorker{
         .lifecycle_handle = lifecycle_handle,
         .ref_count = .init(),
         .cpp_worker = cpp_worker,
@@ -260,7 +259,7 @@ pub fn create(
         .argv = if (argv_ptr) |ptr| ptr[0..argv_len] else &.{},
         .execArgv = if (inherit_execArgv) null else (if (execArgv_ptr) |ptr| ptr[0..execArgv_len] else &.{}),
         .preloads = preloads.items,
-    };
+    });
 
     worker.parent_poll_ref.ref(parent);
     worker.ref();