diff --git a/flaim/src/flaim.h b/flaim/src/flaim.h
index 6461ff1..cf75b6b 100644
--- a/flaim/src/flaim.h
+++ b/flaim/src/flaim.h
@@ -5481,6 +5481,9 @@
 		FLMINT Release( 
 			FLMBOOL			bMutexLocked);
 
+		static void objectAllocInit(
+			void *			pvAlloc);
+			
 		void * parent( 
 			FlmField *		pField);
 
diff --git a/flaim/src/flfixed.h b/flaim/src/flfixed.h
index 607cf1f..e282915 100644
--- a/flaim/src/flfixed.h
+++ b/flaim/src/flfixed.h
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ typedef void (* FLM_RELOC_FUNC)(
 typedef FLMBOOL (* FLM_CAN_RELOC_FUNC)(
 	void *				pvOldAlloc);
 
+typedef void (* FLM_ALLOC_INIT_FUNC)(
+	void *				pvAlloc);
+	
 /****************************************************************************
 Desc:	Class to provide an efficient means of providing many allocations
 		of a fixed size.
@@ -199,6 +202,31 @@ public:
 		return( pvCell);
 	}
 
+	FINLINE void * allocCell(
+		FLM_ALLOC_INIT_FUNC	fnAllocInit)
+	{
+		void *	pvCell;
+
+		if( m_phMutex)
+		{
+			f_mutexLock( *m_phMutex);
+		}
+
+		pvCell = getCell();
+		
+		if( pvCell && fnAllocInit)
+		{
+			fnAllocInit( pvCell);
+		}
+	
+		if( m_phMutex)
+		{
+			f_mutexUnlock( *m_phMutex);
+		}
+	
+		return( pvCell);
+	}
+	
 	FINLINE void freeCell( 
 		void *		ptr)
 	{
diff --git a/flaim/src/frec.cpp b/flaim/src/frec.cpp
index d3c384a..503a0f3 100644
--- a/flaim/src/frec.cpp
+++ b/flaim/src/frec.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ FlmRecord::~FlmRecord()
 		gv_FlmSysData.RCacheMgr.pRecBufAlloc->freeBuf( 
 			m_uiBufferSize, &m_pucBuffer);
 	}
+	
 	if( m_pucFieldIdTable)
 	{
 		flmAssert( *((FlmRecord **)m_pucFieldIdTable) == this);
@@ -4631,6 +4632,21 @@ void * FlmRecord::locateFieldByPosition(
 	return (getFieldVoid( pField));
 }
 
+/****************************************************************************
+Desc:
+****************************************************************************/
+void FlmRecord::objectAllocInit(
+	void *		pvAlloc)
+{
+	// Need to make sure that m_refCnt and m_uiFlags are initialized to zero
+	// prior to unlocking the mutex.  This is so the FLAIM allocator 
+	// doesn't see garbage values that may cause it to relocate the object 
+	// before the constructor has been called.
+	
+	((FlmRecord *)pvAlloc)->m_uiFlags = 0;
+	((FlmRecord *)pvAlloc)->m_refCnt = 0;
+}
+
 #undef new
 #undef delete
 
@@ -4645,7 +4661,7 @@ void * FlmRecord::operator new(
 {
 	F_UNREFERENCED_PARM( uiSize);
 	flmAssert( gv_FlmSysData.RCacheMgr.pRecAlloc->getCellSize() >= uiSize);
-	return( gv_FlmSysData.RCacheMgr.pRecAlloc->allocCell());
+	return( gv_FlmSysData.RCacheMgr.pRecAlloc->allocCell( objectAllocInit));
 }
 
 /****************************************************************************
@@ -4673,7 +4689,7 @@ void * FlmRecord::operator new(
 #endif
 {
 	flmAssert( gv_FlmSysData.RCacheMgr.pRecAlloc->getCellSize() >= uiSize);
-	return( gv_FlmSysData.RCacheMgr.pRecAlloc->allocCell());
+	return( gv_FlmSysData.RCacheMgr.pRecAlloc->allocCell( objectAllocInit));
 }
 #endif