diff --git a/char_layout_node.h b/char_layout_node.h
index 71efb07b1..44b8c1e62 100644
--- a/char_layout_node.h
+++ b/char_layout_node.h
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ private:
 class CharLayoutRef : public LayoutReference<CharLayoutNode> {
 public:
   CharLayoutRef(char c) : LayoutReference<CharLayoutNode>() {
-    this->castedNode()->setChar(c); //TODO use init
+    if (!(this->node()->isAllocationFailure())) {
+      this->castedNode()->setChar(c);
+    }
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/float_node.h b/float_node.h
index 87f648ffc..da9cf2851 100644
--- a/float_node.h
+++ b/float_node.h
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ public:
     return m_value > 1 ? "BigFloat" : "SmallFloat";
   }
   void setFloat(float f) { m_value = f; }
-  void init(float f) override { m_value = f; }
 private:
   float m_value;
 };
@@ -26,7 +25,9 @@ private:
 class FloatRef : public ExpressionReference<FloatNode> {
 public:
   FloatRef(float f) : ExpressionReference<FloatNode>() {
-    this->node()->init(f);
+    if (!(this->node()->isAllocationFailure())) {
+      this->castedNode()->setFloat(f);
+    }
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/tree_node.h b/tree_node.h
index cdcf854fd..1cc3b26ba 100644
--- a/tree_node.h
+++ b/tree_node.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ public:
   }
 
   // Node operations
-  virtual void init(float f) {}
   void retain() { m_referenceCounter++; }
   void release();
   void releaseChildren();