diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 39013e187..52658f662 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -723,20 +723,6 @@ bool AppInitServers(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
     return true;
 }
 
-[[noreturn]] static void new_handler_terminate()
-{
-    // Rather than throwing std::bad-alloc if allocation fails, terminate
-    // immediately to (try to) avoid chain corruption.
-    // Since LogPrintf may itself allocate memory, set the handler directly
-    // to terminate first.
-    std::set_new_handler(std::terminate);
-    fputs("Error: Out of memory. Terminating.\n", stderr);
-    LogPrintf("Error: Out of memory. Terminating.\n");
-
-    // The log was successful, terminate now.
-    std::terminate();
-};
-
 /** Initialize bitcoin.
  *  @pre Parameters should be parsed and config file should be read.
  */
diff --git a/src/prevector.h b/src/prevector.h
index ffb26576b..aad4c2717 100644
--- a/src/prevector.h
+++ b/src/prevector.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef _BITCOIN_PREVECTOR_H_
 #define _BITCOIN_PREVECTOR_H_
 
+#include <util.h>
+
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
@@ -171,11 +173,11 @@ private:
                     success. These should instead use an allocator or new/delete so that handlers
                     are called as necessary, but performance would be slightly degraded by doing so. */
                 _union.indirect = static_cast<char*>(realloc(_union.indirect, ((size_t)sizeof(T)) * new_capacity));
-                assert(_union.indirect);
+                if (!_union.indirect) { new_handler_terminate(); }
                 _union.capacity = new_capacity;
             } else {
                 char* new_indirect = static_cast<char*>(malloc(((size_t)sizeof(T)) * new_capacity));
-                assert(new_indirect);
+                if (!new_indirect) { new_handler_terminate(); }
                 T* src = direct_ptr(0);
                 T* dst = reinterpret_cast<T*>(new_indirect);
                 memcpy(dst, src, size() * sizeof(T));
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 19c400631..a38b5ed78 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "utiltime.h"
 
 #include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 #if (defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__))
 #include <pthread.h>
@@ -179,6 +180,20 @@ static FILE* fileout = NULL;
 static boost::mutex* mutexDebugLog = NULL;
 static list<string> *vMsgsBeforeOpenLog;
 
+[[noreturn]] void new_handler_terminate()
+{
+    // Rather than throwing std::bad-alloc if allocation fails, terminate
+    // immediately to (try to) avoid chain corruption.
+    // Since LogPrintf may itself allocate memory, set the handler directly
+    // to terminate first.
+    std::set_new_handler(std::terminate);
+    fputs("Error: Out of memory. Terminating.\n", stderr);
+    LogPrintf("Error: Out of memory. Terminating.\n");
+
+    // The log was successful, terminate now.
+    std::terminate();
+};
+
 static int FileWriteStr(const std::string &str, FILE *fp)
 {
     return fwrite(str.data(), 1, str.size(), fp);
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 392ddff9c..22949902d 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ extern bool fLogIPs;
 extern std::atomic<bool> fReopenDebugLog;
 extern CTranslationInterface translationInterface;
 
+[[noreturn]] extern void new_handler_terminate();
+
 /**
  * Translation function: Call Translate signal on UI interface, which returns a boost::optional result.
  * If no translation slot is registered, nothing is returned, and simply return the input.