diff --git a/kernel/thread/thread.cc b/kernel/thread/thread.cc
index 2ae3b13..8e20b97 100644
--- a/kernel/thread/thread.cc
+++ b/kernel/thread/thread.cc
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ void Thread::resume(Thread *next) {
 	context_switch(&next->context, &context);
 }
 
-void* operator new(size_t sz)
+void* Thread::operator  new(size_t sz) noexcept
 {
     if (sz == 0)
         ++sz; // avoid std::malloc(0) which may return nullptr on success
diff --git a/kernel/thread/thread.h b/kernel/thread/thread.h
index 26199d1..d4c2c65 100644
--- a/kernel/thread/thread.h
+++ b/kernel/thread/thread.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ class Thread {
 		void* user;
 		void* isr;
 	} StackPointer;
+	void* operator new  ( size_t count )noexcept;
 
 	/*! \brief Unique thread id */
 	const size_t id;
@@ -118,5 +119,4 @@ class Thread {
 								//
 
 
-	void* operator new  ( size_t count );
 };