diff --git a/libcxxabi/src/stdlib_new_delete.cpp b/libcxxabi/src/stdlib_new_delete.cpp
index 6c9990f063dde..71c98793cae40 100644
--- a/libcxxabi/src/stdlib_new_delete.cpp
+++ b/libcxxabi/src/stdlib_new_delete.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 // in this shared library, so that they can be overridden by programs
 // that define non-weak copies of the functions.
 
-static void* operator_new_impl(std::size_t size) noexcept {
+_LIBCPP_WEAK
+void* operator new(std::size_t size) _THROW_BAD_ALLOC {
   if (size == 0)
     size = 1;
   void* p;
@@ -41,18 +42,12 @@ static void* operator_new_impl(std::size_t size) noexcept {
     if (nh)
       nh();
     else
-      break;
-  }
-  return p;
-}
-
-_LIBCPP_WEAK
-void* operator new(std::size_t size) _THROW_BAD_ALLOC {
-  void* p = operator_new_impl(size);
 #ifndef _LIBCPP_HAS_NO_EXCEPTIONS
-  if (p == nullptr)
-    throw std::bad_alloc();
+      throw std::bad_alloc();
+#else
+      break;
 #endif
+  }
   return p;
 }
 
@@ -107,7 +102,8 @@ void operator delete[](void* ptr, size_t) noexcept { ::operator delete[](ptr); }
 
 #if !defined(_LIBCPP_HAS_NO_LIBRARY_ALIGNED_ALLOCATION)
 
-static void* operator_new_aligned_impl(std::size_t size, std::align_val_t alignment) noexcept {
+_LIBCPP_WEAK
+void* operator new(std::size_t size, std::align_val_t alignment) _THROW_BAD_ALLOC {
   if (size == 0)
     size = 1;
   if (static_cast<size_t>(alignment) < sizeof(void*))
@@ -116,24 +112,22 @@ static void* operator_new_aligned_impl(std::size_t size, std::align_val_t alignm
   // Try allocating memory. If allocation fails and there is a new_handler,
   // call it to try free up memory, and try again until it succeeds, or until
   // the new_handler decides to terminate.
+  //
+  // If allocation fails and there is no new_handler, we throw bad_alloc
+  // (or return nullptr if exceptions are disabled).
   void* p;
   while ((p = std::__libcpp_aligned_alloc(static_cast<std::size_t>(alignment), size)) == nullptr) {
     std::new_handler nh = std::get_new_handler();
     if (nh)
       nh();
-    else
-      break;
-  }
-  return p;
-}
-
-_LIBCPP_WEAK
-void* operator new(std::size_t size, std::align_val_t alignment) _THROW_BAD_ALLOC {
-  void* p = operator_new_aligned_impl(size, alignment);
+    else {
 #  ifndef _LIBCPP_HAS_NO_EXCEPTIONS
-  if (p == nullptr)
-    throw std::bad_alloc();
+      throw std::bad_alloc();
+#  else
+      break;
 #  endif
+    }
+  }
   return p;
 }
 
diff --git a/libcxxabi/test/test_memory_alloc.pass.cpp b/libcxxabi/test/test_memory_alloc.pass.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3eb618e54f1a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcxxabi/test/test_memory_alloc.pass.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// 
+
+#include <new>
+#include <cassert>
+#include <limits>
+
+int new_handler_called = 0;
+
+void my_new_handler() {
+  ++new_handler_called;
+  throw std::bad_alloc();
+}
+
+int main(int, char**) {
+  std::set_new_handler(my_new_handler);
+  try {
+    void* x = operator new[] (std::numeric_limits<std::size_t>::max());
+    (void)x;
+    assert(false);
+  }
+  catch (std::bad_alloc const&) {
+    assert(new_handler_called == 1);
+  } catch (...) {
+    assert(false);
+  }
+  return 0;
+}