diff --git a/src/shogun/classifier/svm/SVMOcas.cpp b/src/shogun/classifier/svm/SVMOcas.cpp
index 280ffabb9dc..ee63169fdbd 100644
--- a/src/shogun/classifier/svm/SVMOcas.cpp
+++ b/src/shogun/classifier/svm/SVMOcas.cpp
@@ -275,7 +275,6 @@ int CSVMOcas::compute_output(float64_t *output, void* ptr)
 	CSVMOcas* o = (CSVMOcas*) ptr;
 	CDotFeatures* f=o->features;
 	int32_t nData=f->get_num_vectors();
-	SGVector<float64_t> w(o->get_w());
 
 	float64_t* y = o->lab.vector;
 
@@ -300,10 +299,9 @@ void CSVMOcas::compute_W(
 	void* ptr )
 {
 	CSVMOcas* o = (CSVMOcas*) ptr;
-	SGVector<float64_t> w_vector(o->get_w());
-	uint32_t nDim= (uint32_t) w_vector.vlen;
-	CMath::swap(w_vector.vector, o->old_w);
-	float64_t* W=w_vector.vector;
+	uint32_t nDim= (uint32_t) o->current_w.vlen;
+	CMath::swap(o->current_w.vector, o->old_w);
+	float64_t* W=o->current_w.vector;
 	float64_t* oldW=o->old_w;
 	memset(W, 0, sizeof(float64_t)*nDim);
 	float64_t old_bias=o->bias;