diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/providers/coreml/model/model.mm b/onnxruntime/core/providers/coreml/model/model.mm
index 1401cbe95fd56..5f4eebc7d72ce 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/providers/coreml/model/model.mm
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/providers/coreml/model/model.mm
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ Status Predict(const std::unordered_map<std::string, OnnxTensorData>& inputs,
 
       compiled_model_path_ = [compileUrl path];
 
-      MLModelConfiguration* config = [MLModelConfiguration alloc];
+      MLModelConfiguration* config = [[MLModelConfiguration alloc] init];
       config.computeUnits = (coreml_flags_ & COREML_FLAG_USE_CPU_ONLY)
                                 ? MLComputeUnitsCPUOnly
                                 : MLComputeUnitsAll;