diff --git a/assignment-client/src/Agent.cpp b/assignment-client/src/Agent.cpp
index 51e25dbb13..d10b0c8cfb 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/Agent.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/Agent.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ void Agent::handleOctreePacket(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage> message, SharedNo
             memcpy(buffer.get(), message->getRawMessage() + statsMessageLength, piggyBackedSizeWithHeader);
 
             auto newPacket = NLPacket::fromReceivedPacket(std::move(buffer), piggyBackedSizeWithHeader, message->getSenderSockAddr());
-            message = QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage>(new ReceivedMessage(*newPacket));
+            message = QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage>::create(*newPacket);
         } else {
             return; // bail since no piggyback data
         }
diff --git a/interface/src/octree/OctreePacketProcessor.cpp b/interface/src/octree/OctreePacketProcessor.cpp
index b565bdfd88..f93011a2f4 100644
--- a/interface/src/octree/OctreePacketProcessor.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/octree/OctreePacketProcessor.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void OctreePacketProcessor::processPacket(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage> messag
             qDebug() << "Got piggyback, read " << piggybackBytes << " bytes";
             
             auto newPacket = NLPacket::fromReceivedPacket(std::move(buffer), piggybackBytes, message->getSenderSockAddr());
-            message = QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage>(new ReceivedMessage(*newPacket.release()));
+            message = QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage>::create(*newPacket.release());
         } else {
             // Note... stats packets don't have sequence numbers, so we don't want to send those to trackIncomingVoxelPacket()
             return; // bail since no piggyback data