diff --git a/Sources/MySQL/MySQL.swift b/Sources/MySQL/MySQL.swift
index 5c2ebed..3fe64a6 100644
--- a/Sources/MySQL/MySQL.swift
+++ b/Sources/MySQL/MySQL.swift
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import mysqlclient
 #if swift(>=3.0)
 	extension UnsafeMutablePointer {
 		public static func alloc(num: Int) -> UnsafeMutablePointer<Pointee> {
-			return UnsafeMutablePointer<Pointee>.alloc(num)
+			return UnsafeMutablePointer<Pointee>(allocatingCapacity: num)
 		}
 	}
 #else