diff -r 84b0544833c4 -r 060d9d139109 src/hotspot/share/jfr/recorder/checkpoint/jfrCheckpointManager.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/jfr/recorder/checkpoint/jfrCheckpointManager.cpp	Thu Sep 12 11:35:02 2019 +0200
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jfr/recorder/checkpoint/jfrCheckpointManager.cpp	Sat Sep 14 13:03:44 2019 +0200
@@ -91,22 +91,18 @@
 static const size_t checkpoint_buffer_cache_count = 2;
 static const size_t checkpoint_buffer_size = 512 * K;
 
-static JfrCheckpointMspace* create_mspace(size_t buffer_size, size_t limit, size_t cache_count, JfrCheckpointManager* system) {
-  JfrCheckpointMspace* mspace = new JfrCheckpointMspace(buffer_size, limit, cache_count, system);
-  if (mspace != NULL) {
-    mspace->initialize();
-  }
-  return mspace;
+static JfrCheckpointMspace* allocate_mspace(size_t size, size_t limit, size_t cache_count, JfrCheckpointManager* mgr) {
+  return create_mspace<JfrCheckpointMspace, JfrCheckpointManager>(size, limit, cache_count, mgr);
 }
 
 bool JfrCheckpointManager::initialize() {
   assert(_free_list_mspace == NULL, "invariant");
-  _free_list_mspace = create_mspace(checkpoint_buffer_size, unlimited_mspace_size, checkpoint_buffer_cache_count, this);
+  _free_list_mspace = allocate_mspace(checkpoint_buffer_size, unlimited_mspace_size, checkpoint_buffer_cache_count, this);
   if (_free_list_mspace == NULL) {
     return false;
   }
   assert(_epoch_transition_mspace == NULL, "invariant");
-  _epoch_transition_mspace = create_mspace(checkpoint_buffer_size, unlimited_mspace_size, checkpoint_buffer_cache_count, this);
+  _epoch_transition_mspace = allocate_mspace(checkpoint_buffer_size, unlimited_mspace_size, checkpoint_buffer_cache_count, this);
   if (_epoch_transition_mspace == NULL) {
     return false;
   }