diff --git a/src/gif.cc b/src/gif.cc
index 0789ff3..7c82857 100644
--- a/src/gif.cc
+++ b/src/gif.cc
@@ -184,16 +184,15 @@ DilloGif *a_Gif_new(DilloImage *Image, DilloUrl *url, int version)
  */
 DilloGif::~DilloGif()
 {
-   DilloGif *gif= this;
    int i;
 
    _MSG("Gif_free: gif=%p\n", gif);
 
-   dFree(gif->linebuf);
-   if (gif->spill_lines != NULL) {
-      for (i = 0; i < gif->num_spill_lines_max; i++)
-         dFree(gif->spill_lines[i]);
-      dFree(gif->spill_lines);
+   dFree(linebuf);
+   if (spill_lines != NULL) {
+      for (i = 0; i < num_spill_lines_max; i++)
+         dFree(spill_lines[i]);
+      dFree(spill_lines);
    }
 }