diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPASTNewExpression.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPASTNewExpression.java
index 919b9c777f9..532377a11b6 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPASTNewExpression.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPASTNewExpression.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2004, 2012 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, 2014 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -37,13 +37,16 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPFunction;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.ASTNode;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.ASTQueries;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.IASTAmbiguityParent;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.ProblemType;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.c.CASTExpressionList;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.cpp.semantics.CPPSemantics;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.cpp.semantics.CPPVisitor;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.cpp.semantics.EvalTypeId;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Assert;
 
-
+/**
+ * Represents a new expression [expr.new].
+ */
 public class CPPASTNewExpression extends ASTNode implements ICPPASTNewExpression, IASTAmbiguityParent {
     private IASTInitializerClause[] placement;
     private IASTTypeId typeId;
@@ -267,7 +270,7 @@ public class CPPASTNewExpression extends ASTNode implements ICPPASTNewExpression
 	@Override
 	public ICPPEvaluation getEvaluation() {
 		if (fEvaluation == null) {
-			IType t = CPPVisitor.createType(getTypeId());
+			IType t = typeId != null ? CPPVisitor.createType(typeId) : ProblemType.UNKNOWN_FOR_EXPRESSION;
 			if (t instanceof IArrayType) {
 				t = ((IArrayType) t).getType();
 			}