diff --git a/base/message_loop.cc b/base/message_loop.cc
index ddca7db..64913e5 100644
--- a/base/message_loop.cc
+++ b/base/message_loop.cc
@@ -531,11 +531,12 @@
   if (enable_histogrammer_ && !message_histogram_.get()
       && StatisticsRecorder::WasStarted()) {
     DCHECK(!thread_name_.empty());
-    message_histogram_.reset(
-        new LinearHistogram(("MsgLoop:" + thread_name_).c_str(),
+    message_histogram_ =
+        LinearHistogram::LinearHistogramFactoryGet(
+                            ("MsgLoop:" + thread_name_),
                             kLeastNonZeroMessageId,
                             kMaxMessageId,
-                            kNumberOfDistinctMessagesDisplayed));
+                            kNumberOfDistinctMessagesDisplayed);
     message_histogram_->SetFlags(message_histogram_->kHexRangePrintingFlag);
     message_histogram_->SetRangeDescriptions(event_descriptions_);
   }