diff --git a/sdk/lib/atl/atlimage.h b/sdk/lib/atl/atlimage.h
index 236defea834..bbf7dc6a115 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/atl/atlimage.h
+++ b/sdk/lib/atl/atlimage.h
@@ -811,6 +811,7 @@ public:
         DWORD dwExclude = excludeDefaultLoad,
         TCHAR chSeparator = TEXT('|'))
     {
+        CImage dummy; // HACK: Initialize common
         UINT cDecoders = 0;
         Gdiplus::ImageCodecInfo* pDecoders = _getAllDecoders(cDecoders);
         HRESULT hr = BuildCodecFilterString(pDecoders,
@@ -831,6 +832,7 @@ public:
         DWORD dwExclude = excludeDefaultSave,
         TCHAR chSeparator = TEXT('|'))
     {
+        CImage dummy; // HACK: Initialize common
         UINT cEncoders = 0;
         Gdiplus::ImageCodecInfo* pEncoders = _getAllEncoders(cEncoders);
         HRESULT hr = BuildCodecFilterString(pEncoders,
@@ -1057,6 +1059,7 @@ protected:
     // Deprecated. Don't use this
     static const GUID *FileTypeFromExtension(LPCTSTR dotext)
     {
+        CImage dummy; // HACK: Initialize common
         UINT cEncoders = 0;
         Gdiplus::ImageCodecInfo* pEncoders = _getAllEncoders(cEncoders);
 
@@ -1111,6 +1114,7 @@ protected:
     // Deprecated. Don't use this
     static bool GetClsidFromFileType(CLSID *clsid, const GUID *guid)
     {
+        CImage dummy; // HACK: Initialize common
         UINT cEncoders = 0;
         Gdiplus::ImageCodecInfo* pEncoders = _getAllEncoders(cEncoders);
         *clsid = FindCodecForFileType(*guid, pEncoders, cEncoders);
@@ -1120,8 +1124,6 @@ protected:
 
     static Gdiplus::ImageCodecInfo* _getAllEncoders(UINT& cEncoders)
     {
-        CImage image; // Initialize common
-
         UINT total_size = 0;
         GetCommon().GetImageEncodersSize(&cEncoders, &total_size);
         if (total_size == 0)
@@ -1141,8 +1143,6 @@ protected:
 
     static Gdiplus::ImageCodecInfo* _getAllDecoders(UINT& cDecoders)
     {
-        CImage image; // Initialize common
-
         UINT total_size = 0;
         GetCommon().GetImageDecodersSize(&cDecoders, &total_size);
         if (total_size == 0)