diff --git a/tasks/task_screenshot.c b/tasks/task_screenshot.c
index a53c1fc95a..f01caaa7da 100644
--- a/tasks/task_screenshot.c
+++ b/tasks/task_screenshot.c
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ typedef struct screenshot_task_state screenshot_task_state_t;
 
 struct screenshot_task_state
 {
-   struct scaler_ctx scaler;
    uint8_t *out_buffer;
    const void *frame;
    void *userbuf;
@@ -84,26 +83,26 @@ struct screenshot_task_state
 
 static bool screenshot_dump_direct(screenshot_task_state_t *state)
 {
-   struct scaler_ctx *scaler      = (struct scaler_ctx*)&state->scaler;
+   struct scaler_ctx scaler;
    bool ret                       = false;
 
 #if defined(HAVE_RPNG)
    if (state->bgr24)
-      scaler->in_fmt              = SCALER_FMT_BGR24;
+      scaler.in_fmt              = SCALER_FMT_BGR24;
    else if (state->pixel_format_type == RETRO_PIXEL_FORMAT_XRGB8888)
-      scaler->in_fmt              = SCALER_FMT_ARGB8888;
+      scaler.in_fmt              = SCALER_FMT_ARGB8888;
    else
-      scaler->in_fmt              = SCALER_FMT_RGB565;
+      scaler.in_fmt              = SCALER_FMT_RGB565;
 
    video_frame_convert_to_bgr24(
-         scaler,
+         &scaler,
          state->out_buffer,
          (const uint8_t*)state->frame + ((int)state->height - 1)
          * state->pitch,
          state->width, state->height,
          -state->pitch);
 
-   scaler_ctx_gen_reset(&state->scaler);
+   scaler_ctx_gen_reset(&scaler);
 
    ret = rpng_save_image_bgr24(
          state->filename,