diff --git a/src/include/switch_platform.h b/src/include/switch_platform.h
index 2293a64dc8..f266d9b902 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_platform.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_platform.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ SWITCH_BEGIN_EXTERN_C
 #pragma include_alias(<libteletone_generate.h>,		<../../libs/libteletone/src/libteletone_generate.h>)
 #pragma include_alias(<libteletone_detect.h>,		<../../libs/libteletone/src/libteletone_detect.h>)
 
-#if (_MSC_VER >= 1500)			// VC8+
+#if (_MSC_VER >= 1500)			// VC9+
 #define switch_assert(expr) assert(expr);__analysis_assume( expr )
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/include/switch_utils.h b/src/include/switch_utils.h
index ebad8afc66..f366b449b1 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_utils.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_utils.h
@@ -352,9 +352,14 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(char *) switch_find_end_paren(const char *s, char open, char clos
 #define switch_malloc(ptr, len) (void)( (!!(ptr = malloc(len))) || (fprintf(stderr,"ABORT! Malloc failure at: %s:%s", __FILE__, __LINE__),abort(), 0), ptr )
 #define switch_zmalloc(ptr, len) (void)( (!!(ptr = malloc(len))) || (fprintf(stderr,"ABORT! Malloc failure at: %s:%s", __FILE__, __LINE__),abort(), 0), memset(ptr, 0, len))
 #else
+#if (_MSC_VER >= 1500)			// VC9+
+#define switch_malloc(ptr, len) (void)(assert(((ptr) = malloc((len)))),ptr);__analysis_assume( ptr )
+#define switch_zmalloc(ptr, len) (void)(assert((ptr = malloc(len))),memset(ptr, 0, len));__analysis_assume( ptr )
+#else
 #define switch_malloc(ptr, len) (void)(assert(((ptr) = malloc((len)))),ptr)
 #define switch_zmalloc(ptr, len) (void)(assert((ptr = malloc(len))),memset(ptr, 0, len))
 #endif
+#endif
 
 SWITCH_END_EXTERN_C
 #endif