diff --git a/plugins/input/rasterlite/rasterlite_featureset.cpp b/plugins/input/rasterlite/rasterlite_featureset.cpp
index a532a7d93..c47294b8b 100644
--- a/plugins/input/rasterlite/rasterlite_featureset.cpp
+++ b/plugins/input/rasterlite/rasterlite_featureset.cpp
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@ feature_ptr rasterlite_featureset::get_feature(mapnik::query const& q)
             {
                 mapnik::image_rgba8 image(width,height);
                 unsigned char* raster_data = static_cast<unsigned char*>(raster);
-                unsigned char* image = image.getBytes();
-                std::memcpy(image, raster_data, size);
+                std::memcpy(image.getBytes(), raster_data, size);
                 feature->set_raster(std::make_shared<mapnik::raster>(intersect, std::move(image), 1.0));
                 MAPNIK_LOG_DEBUG(rasterlite) << "rasterlite_featureset: Done";
             }