diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/dds/ReaderWriterDDS.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/dds/ReaderWriterDDS.cpp
index c4658a5e0..b854b887d 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/dds/ReaderWriterDDS.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/dds/ReaderWriterDDS.cpp
@@ -989,9 +989,10 @@ osg::Image* ReadDDSFile(std::istream& _istream, bool flipDDSRead)
         }
     }
 
-   OSG_INFO<<"ReadDDS, dataType = 0x"<<std::hex<<dataType<<std::endl;
+    OSG_INFO<<"ReadDDS, dataType = 0x"<<std::hex<<dataType<<std::endl;
 
     unsigned char palette [1024];
+
     if (ddsd.ddpfPixelFormat.dwFlags & DDPF_PALETTEINDEXED8)
     {
         if (!_istream.read((char*)palette, 1024))
@@ -1030,13 +1031,12 @@ osg::Image* ReadDDSFile(std::istream& _istream, bool flipDDSRead)
     if (ddsd.ddpfPixelFormat.dwFlags & DDPF_PALETTEINDEXED8)
     {
         // Now we need to substitute the indexed image data with full RGBA image data.
-        unsigned char* convertedData = new unsigned char [sizeWithMipmaps * 4];
+        unsigned char * convertedData = new unsigned char [sizeWithMipmaps * 4];
+        unsigned char * pconvertedData = convertedData;
         for (unsigned int i = 0; i < sizeWithMipmaps; i++)
         {
-            convertedData[i * 4 + 0] = palette[imageData[i] * 4 + 0];
-            convertedData[i * 4 + 1] = palette[imageData[i] * 4 + 1];
-            convertedData[i * 4 + 2] = palette[imageData[i] * 4 + 2];
-            convertedData[i * 4 + 3] = palette[imageData[i] * 4 + 3];
+            memcpy(pconvertedData, &palette[ imageData[i] * 4], sizeof(unsigned char) * 4 );
+            pconvertedData += 4;
         }
         delete [] imageData;
         for (unsigned int i = 0; i < mipmap_offsets.size(); i++)