diff --git a/src/hb-ot-var-fvar-table.hh b/src/hb-ot-var-fvar-table.hh
index 2c989e241..398c024c2 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-var-fvar-table.hh
+++ b/src/hb-ot-var-fvar-table.hh
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ struct InstanceRecord
     {
       uint32_t *axis_tag;
       // only keep instances whose coordinates == pinned axis location
-      if (!c->plan->axes_old_index_tag_map->has (i, &axis_tag)) continue;
+      if (!c->plan->axes_old_index_tag_map.has (i, &axis_tag)) continue;
 
       if (axes_location->has (*axis_tag) &&
           fabsf (axes_location->get (*axis_tag) - coords[i].to_float ()) > 0.001f)
diff --git a/src/hb-subset-plan.cc b/src/hb-subset-plan.cc
index 3d8e0038e..1f124dcb9 100644
--- a/src/hb-subset-plan.cc
+++ b/src/hb-subset-plan.cc
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static void _collect_layout_indices (hb_subset_plan_t     *plan,
     hb_hashmap_t<hb::shared_ptr<hb_map_t>, unsigned> conditionset_map;
     OT::hb_collect_feature_substitutes_with_var_context_t c =
     {
-      plan->axes_old_index_tag_map,
+      &plan->axes_old_index_tag_map,
       plan->axes_location,
       feature_record_cond_idx_map,
       feature_substitutes_map,
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ _normalize_axes_location (hb_face_t *face, hb_subset_plan_t *plan)
   for (const auto& axis : axes)
   {
     hb_tag_t axis_tag = axis.get_axis_tag ();
-    plan->axes_old_index_tag_map->set (old_axis_idx, axis_tag);
+    plan->axes_old_index_tag_map.set (old_axis_idx, axis_tag);
 
     if (!plan->user_axes_location->has (axis_tag))
     {
@@ -862,7 +862,6 @@ hb_subset_plan_create_or_fail (hb_face_t	 *face,
   if (plan->user_axes_location && input->axes_location)
       *plan->user_axes_location = *input->axes_location;
   plan->check_success (plan->axes_index_map = hb_map_create ());
-  plan->check_success (plan->axes_old_index_tag_map = hb_map_create ());
   plan->all_axes_pinned = false;
   plan->pinned_at_default = true;
 
diff --git a/src/hb-subset-plan.hh b/src/hb-subset-plan.hh
index aea2201bc..508b5aca3 100644
--- a/src/hb-subset-plan.hh
+++ b/src/hb-subset-plan.hh
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ struct hb_subset_plan_t
     hb_map_destroy (reverse_glyph_map);
 
     hb_map_destroy (axes_index_map);
-    hb_map_destroy (axes_old_index_tag_map);
     hb_hashmap_destroy (axes_location);
     hb_hashmap_destroy (user_axes_location);
 
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ struct hb_subset_plan_t
   //retained old axis index -> new axis index mapping in fvar axis array
   hb_map_t *axes_index_map;
   //axis_index->axis_tag mapping in fvar axis array
-  hb_map_t *axes_old_index_tag_map;
+  hb_map_t axes_old_index_tag_map;
   bool all_axes_pinned;
   bool pinned_at_default;
   bool has_seac;