diff --git a/hist/hist/test/test_TH2Poly_GetNumberOfBins.cxx b/hist/hist/test/test_TH2Poly_GetNumberOfBins.cxx
index 2cae5f4baacc2..b9998c7489b94 100644
--- a/hist/hist/test/test_TH2Poly_GetNumberOfBins.cxx
+++ b/hist/hist/test/test_TH2Poly_GetNumberOfBins.cxx
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
 TEST(TH2Poly, GetNumberOfBins)
 {
-   TH2Poly *h2p = new TH2Poly();
-   EXPECT_EQ(0, h2p->GetNumberOfBins());
+   TH2Poly h2p;
+   EXPECT_EQ(0, h2p.GetNumberOfBins());
 
-   h2p->AddBin(1, 1, 1, 1);
-   EXPECT_EQ(1, h2p->GetNumberOfBins());
+   h2p.AddBin(1, 1, 1, 1);
+   EXPECT_EQ(1, h2p.GetNumberOfBins());
 }