Index: clang-tools-extra/trunk/clang-tidy/modernize/MakeSmartPtrCheck.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang-tools-extra/trunk/clang-tidy/modernize/MakeSmartPtrCheck.cpp
+++ clang-tools-extra/trunk/clang-tidy/modernize/MakeSmartPtrCheck.cpp
@@ -121,6 +121,15 @@
   if (New->getNumPlacementArgs() != 0)
     return;
 
+  // Be conservative for cases where we construct an array without any
+  // initalization.
+  // For example,
+  //    P.reset(new int[5]) // check fix: P = make_unique<int []>(5)
+  //
+  // The fix of the check has side effect, it introduces default initialization
+  // which maybe unexpected and cause performance regression.
+  if (New->isArray() && !New->hasInitializer())
+    return;
   if (Construct)
     checkConstruct(SM, Result.Context, Construct, Type, New);
   else if (Reset)
Index: clang-tools-extra/trunk/test/clang-tidy/modernize-make-unique.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang-tools-extra/trunk/test/clang-tidy/modernize-make-unique.cpp
+++ clang-tools-extra/trunk/test/clang-tidy/modernize-make-unique.cpp
@@ -403,18 +403,15 @@
   // CHECK-FIXES: FFs = std::make_unique<Foo[]>(Num2);
 
   std::unique_ptr<int[]> FI;
-  FI.reset(new int[5]);
-  // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:6: warning:
-  // CHECK-FIXES: FI = std::make_unique<int[]>(5);
-  FI.reset(new int[5]());
+  FI.reset(new int[5]()); // default initialization.
   // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:6: warning:
   // CHECK-FIXES: FI = std::make_unique<int[]>(5);
+
+  // The check doesn't give warnings and fixes for cases where the original new
+  // expresion doesn't do any initialization.
+  FI.reset(new int[5]);
   FI.reset(new int[Num]);
-  // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:6: warning:
-  // CHECK-FIXES: FI = std::make_unique<int[]>(Num);
   FI.reset(new int[Num2]);
-  // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:6: warning:
-  // CHECK-FIXES: FI = std::make_unique<int[]>(Num2);
 }
 
 void aliases() {