diff --git a/Source/NSDeallocateObject.m b/Source/NSDeallocateObject.m
index 37b78fbcf..404a26142 100644
--- a/Source/NSDeallocateObject.m
+++ b/Source/NSDeallocateObject.m
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ void NSDeallocateObject(NSObject *anObject)
 {
   if ((anObject!=nil) && CLS_ISCLASS(((id)anObject)->class_pointer))
     {
-      NSZone z = [anObject zone];
+      NSZone *z = [anObject zone];
       ((id)anObject)->class_pointer = (void*) 0xdeadface;
       NSZoneFree (z, anObject);
     }