diff --git a/include/PolyVox/PagedVolume.h b/include/PolyVox/PagedVolume.h
index a3eb271d..0d439786 100644
--- a/include/PolyVox/PagedVolume.h
+++ b/include/PolyVox/PagedVolume.h
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ namespace PolyVox
 			uint16_t m_uXPosInChunk;
 			uint16_t m_uYPosInChunk;
 			uint16_t m_uZPosInChunk;
-			uint16_t m_uChunkSideLengthMinusOne;
+			const uint16_t m_uChunkSideLengthMinusOne;
 		};
 
 		#endif
diff --git a/include/PolyVox/PagedVolumeSampler.inl b/include/PolyVox/PagedVolumeSampler.inl
index 99938ec2..5b3473ff 100644
--- a/include/PolyVox/PagedVolumeSampler.inl
+++ b/include/PolyVox/PagedVolumeSampler.inl
@@ -47,9 +47,8 @@ namespace PolyVox
 
 	template <typename VoxelType>
 	PagedVolume<VoxelType>::Sampler::Sampler(PagedVolume<VoxelType>* volume)
-		:BaseVolume<VoxelType>::template Sampler< PagedVolume<VoxelType> >(volume)
+		:BaseVolume<VoxelType>::template Sampler< PagedVolume<VoxelType> >(volume), m_uChunkSideLengthMinusOne(volume->m_uChunkSideLength - 1)
 	{
-			this->m_uChunkSideLengthMinusOne = this->mVolume->m_uChunkSideLength - 1;
 	}
 
 	template <typename VoxelType>