diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc b/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc
index 77b618c4..2aaf2bcc 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ size_t GetThreadCount() {
   mib[5] = static_cast<int>(size / static_cast<size_t>(mib[4]));
 
   // populate array of structs
-  struct kinfo_proc info[mib[5]];
-  if (sysctl(mib, miblen, &info, &size, NULL, 0)) {
+  std::vector<struct kinfo_proc> info(mib[5]);
+  if (sysctl(mib, miblen, info.data(), &size, NULL, 0)) {
     return 0;
   }