diff --git a/tools/cpplint.py b/tools/cpplint.py
index 30c7128..da5a938 100755
--- a/tools/cpplint.py
+++ b/tools/cpplint.py
@@ -1526,7 +1526,10 @@
   # Note that we assume the contents of [] to be short enough that
   # they'll never need to wrap.
   if (  # Ignore control structures.
-      not Search(r'\b(if|for|while|switch|return|delete)\b', fncall) and
+      # BEGIN android-changed
+      # not Search(r'\b(if|for|while|switch|return|delete)\b', fncall) and
+      not Search(r'\b(if|for|while|switch|return|delete|new)\b', fncall) and
+      # END android-changed
       # Ignore pointers/references to functions.
       not Search(r' \([^)]+\)\([^)]*(\)|,$)', fncall) and
       # Ignore pointers/references to arrays.