diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/gif/ReaderWriterGIF.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/gif/ReaderWriterGIF.cpp
index 45210005f..861161de4 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/gif/ReaderWriterGIF.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/gif/ReaderWriterGIF.cpp
@@ -548,7 +548,10 @@ GifImageStream** obj)
 
     // Delete the last allocated buffer to avoid memory leaks if we using GifImageStream
     if ( obj && *obj )
+    {
         delete [] buffer;
+	buffer = 0;
+    }
 
     delete [] rowdata;
     *width_ret = giffile->SWidth;