diff --git a/intern/memutil/intern/MEM_CacheLimiterC-Api.cpp b/intern/memutil/intern/MEM_CacheLimiterC-Api.cpp
index 04c780cdf8e..e8f11957c74 100644
--- a/intern/memutil/intern/MEM_CacheLimiterC-Api.cpp
+++ b/intern/memutil/intern/MEM_CacheLimiterC-Api.cpp
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-/* for types only, not alloc functions */
-#include <malloc.h>
+#include <cstddef>
 
 #include "MEM_CacheLimiter.h"
 #include "MEM_CacheLimiterC-Api.h"