diff --git a/Xext/panoramiX.c b/Xext/panoramiX.c
index b3bca7c52f..8ba79d8e63 100644
--- a/Xext/panoramiX.c
+++ b/Xext/panoramiX.c
@@ -1138,9 +1138,7 @@ XineramaGetImageData(DrawablePtr *pDrawables,
 {
     RegionRec SrcRegion, GrabRegion;
     BoxRec SrcBox;
-    int size = 0;
     DrawablePtr pDraw = pDrawables[0];
-    char *ScratchMem = NULL;
 
     /* find box in logical screen space */
     SrcBox.x1 = left;
@@ -1192,6 +1190,9 @@ XineramaGetImageData(DrawablePtr *pDrawables,
         if (nbox) {
             BoxRec *pbox = RegionRects(&GrabRegion);
 
+            int size = 0;
+            char *ScratchMem = NULL;
+
             while (nbox--) {
                 int w = pbox->x2 - pbox->x1;
                 int h = pbox->y2 - pbox->y1;
@@ -1275,15 +1276,13 @@ XineramaGetImageData(DrawablePtr *pDrawables,
                 pbox++;
             }
 
+            free(ScratchMem);
             RegionSubtract(&SrcRegion, &SrcRegion, &GrabRegion);
             if (!RegionNotEmpty(&SrcRegion))
                 break;
         }
-
     }
 
-    free(ScratchMem);
-
     RegionUninit(&SrcRegion);
     RegionUninit(&GrabRegion);
 }