diff --git a/src/liballoc/raw_vec.rs b/src/liballoc/raw_vec.rs
index ce192a7450c9d..0d6fb25957432 100644
--- a/src/liballoc/raw_vec.rs
+++ b/src/liballoc/raw_vec.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ impl<T, A: Alloc> RawVec<T, A> {
     pub const fn new_in(a: A) -> Self {
         let cap = {
             #[cfg(not(bootstrap))]
-            { if mem::size_of::<T>() == 0 { !0 } else { 0 } }
+            { if mem::size_of::<T>() == 0 { usize::MAX } else { 0 } }
 
             #[cfg(bootstrap)]
             [0, !0][(mem::size_of::<T>() == 0) as usize]