diff --git a/Quake/image.c b/Quake/image.c
index 51e0427b..afab6d73 100644
--- a/Quake/image.c
+++ b/Quake/image.c
@@ -109,9 +109,7 @@ typedef struct targaheader_s {
 	unsigned char	pixel_size, attributes;
 } targaheader_t;
 
-#define TARGAHEADERSIZE 18 //size on disk
-
-targaheader_t targa_header;
+#define TARGAHEADERSIZE 18		/* size on disk */
 
 int fgetLittleShort (FILE *f)
 {
@@ -197,6 +195,7 @@ byte *Image_LoadTGA (FILE *fin, int *width, int *height)
 	int				realrow; //johnfitz -- fix for upside-down targas
 	qboolean		upside_down; //johnfitz -- fix for upside-down targas
 	stdio_buffer_t	*buf;
+	targaheader_t	targa_header;
 
 	targa_header.id_length = fgetc(fin);
 	targa_header.colormap_type = fgetc(fin);