diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/image.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/image.cxx
index 4b4b204ce4fe..2a17f5140771 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/image.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/image.cxx
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ void Image::ImplInit( const BitmapEx& rBmpEx )
     if( !rBmpEx.IsEmpty() )
     {
         mpImplData = new ImplImage;
-        mpImplData->mnRefCount = 1;
 
         if( rBmpEx.GetTransparentType() == TRANSPARENT_NONE )
         {
@@ -365,7 +364,6 @@ ImageList::ImageList( const ImageList& rImageList ) :
 
 ImageList::~ImageList()
 {
-
     if( mpImplData && ( 0 == --mpImplData->mnRefCount ) )
         delete mpImplData;
 }
@@ -373,7 +371,6 @@ ImageList::~ImageList()
 void ImageList::ImplInit( sal_uInt16 nItems, const Size &rSize )
 {
     mpImplData = new ImplImageList;
-    mpImplData->mnRefCount = 1;
     mpImplData->maImages.reserve( nItems );
     mpImplData->maImageSize = rSize;
 }
diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/impimage.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/impimage.cxx
index f61a34588f27..7f77d10a07cd 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/impimage.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/impimage.cxx
@@ -58,13 +58,14 @@ ImageAryData& ImageAryData::operator=( const ImageAryData& rData )
 }
 
 ImplImageList::ImplImageList()
+    : mnRefCount(1)
 {
 }
 
-ImplImageList::ImplImageList( const ImplImageList &aSrc ) :
-    maPrefix( aSrc.maPrefix ),
-    maImageSize( aSrc.maImageSize ),
-    mnRefCount( 1 )
+ImplImageList::ImplImageList( const ImplImageList &aSrc )
+    : maPrefix(aSrc.maPrefix)
+    , maImageSize(aSrc.maImageSize)
+    , mnRefCount(1)
 {
     maImages.reserve( aSrc.maImages.size() );
     for ( ImageAryDataVec::const_iterator aIt = aSrc.maImages.begin(), aEnd = aSrc.maImages.end(); aIt != aEnd; ++aIt )
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ sal_Bool ImplImageData::IsEqual( const ImplImageData& rData )
 }
 
 ImplImage::ImplImage()
+    : mnRefCount(1)
 {
 }