@@ -101,11 +101,10 @@
 	@try {
 		OFFile *file = [[OFFile alloc] initWithPath: path
 						       mode: @"rb"];
 
 		itemSize = 1;
-		data = NULL;
 
 		@try {
 			char *buffer = [self allocMemoryWithSize: of_pagesize];
 
 			while (![file isAtEndOfStream]) {
@@ -164,11 +163,10 @@
 - initWithBase64EncodedString: (OFString*)string
 {
 	self = [super init];
 
 	itemSize = 1;
-	data = NULL;
 
 	if (!of_base64_decode(self, [string cString], [string cStringLength])) {
 		Class c = isa;
 		[self release];
 		@throw [OFInvalidEncodingException newWithClass: c];