diff --git a/dune/common/parallel/remoteindices.hh b/dune/common/parallel/remoteindices.hh
index 4f06d103b4fb7d2d5ed6dd2ff0de400ac4e0e333..91d885e4ccff070e88bb95bbea0bc79809b86d06 100644
--- a/dune/common/parallel/remoteindices.hh
+++ b/dune/common/parallel/remoteindices.hh
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ namespace Dune {
     typedef typename GlobalList::ModifyIterator GlobalModifyIterator;
     RemoteIndexList* rList_;
     const ParallelIndexSet* indexSet_;
-    GlobalList* glist_;
+    GlobalList glist_;
     ModifyIterator iter_;
     GlobalModifyIterator giter_;
     ConstIterator end_;