diff --git a/rotation.cpp b/rotation.cpp
index f854934..e912f07 100644
--- a/rotation.cpp
+++ b/rotation.cpp
@@ -694,9 +694,9 @@ Image* rotate(Image const& src, double angle)
 //
 
 template<unsigned int W, unsigned int H>
-void rotate_pixel(TiledImage<W, H> const& src, TiledImage<W, H>& rotated,
+void rotate_pixel(TiledImage<W, H> const& src,
                   DPoint const& src_rotated_point,
-                  unsigned int rot_tile_index, unsigned int rot_index)
+                  uint8_t* rot_tile, unsigned int rot_index)
 {
   uint8_t const* src_index_1 = src.access_pixel((int) src_rotated_point.x, (int) src_rotated_point.y);
 
@@ -708,7 +708,6 @@ void rotate_pixel(TiledImage<W, H> const& src, TiledImage<W, H>& rotated,
   // special case if we can directly map the src to the dest
   if (x_delta == 0 && y_delta == 0)
   {
-    uint8_t* rot_tile = rotated.tiles[rot_tile_index];
     memcpy(&rot_tile[rot_index], src_index_1, 3 * sizeof (uint8_t));
     return;
   }
@@ -743,7 +742,6 @@ void rotate_pixel(TiledImage<W, H> const& src, TiledImage<W, H>& rotated,
   top_left = _mm_add_ps(top_left, bottom_left);
 
   // convert float values to uint8_t
-  uint8_t* rot_tile = rotated.tiles[rot_tile_index];
   rot_tile[rot_index] = top_left[3];
   rot_tile[rot_index + 1] = top_left[2];
   rot_tile[rot_index + 2] = top_left[1];
@@ -797,9 +795,9 @@ rotate(TiledImage<W, H> const& src, double angle)
             || src_rotated_point.y < 0 || src_rotated_point.y > src.height)
             continue;
 
-          rotate_pixel(src, *rotated,
+          rotate_pixel(src,
                        src_rotated_point,
-                       rot_tile_index, rot_index);
+                       rotated->tiles[rot_tile_index], rot_index);
 
           src_rotated_point.x += src_delta_x.x;
           src_rotated_point.y += src_delta_x.y;