diff --git a/src/modules/image/CompressedSlice.cpp b/src/modules/image/CompressedSlice.cpp
index 72ed79cba..6e8df1134 100644
--- a/src/modules/image/CompressedSlice.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/image/CompressedSlice.cpp
@@ -46,23 +46,19 @@ CompressedMemory::~CompressedMemory()
 }
 
 CompressedSlice::CompressedSlice(PixelFormat format, int width, int height, CompressedMemory *memory, size_t offset, size_t size)
-	: memory(memory)
+	: ImageDataBase(format, width, height)
+	, memory(memory)
 	, offset(offset)
 	, dataSize(size)
 {
-	this->format = format;
-	this->width = width;
-	this->height = height;
 }
 
 CompressedSlice::CompressedSlice(const CompressedSlice &s)
-	: memory(s.memory)
+	: ImageDataBase(s.getFormat(), s.getWidth(), s.getHeight())
+	, memory(s.memory)
 	, offset(s.offset)
 	, dataSize(s.dataSize)
 {
-	this->format = s.getFormat();
-	this->width = s.getWidth();
-	this->height = s.getHeight();
 }
 
 CompressedSlice::~CompressedSlice()
diff --git a/src/modules/image/ImageData.cpp b/src/modules/image/ImageData.cpp
index 06d44e44c..791696bc8 100644
--- a/src/modules/image/ImageData.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/image/ImageData.cpp
@@ -32,19 +32,17 @@ namespace image
 love::Type ImageData::type("ImageData", &Data::type);
 
 ImageData::ImageData(Data *data)
+	: ImageDataBase(PIXELFORMAT_UNKNOWN, 0, 0)
 {
 	decode(data);
 }
 
 ImageData::ImageData(int width, int height, PixelFormat format)
+	: ImageDataBase(format, width, height)
 {
 	if (!validPixelFormat(format))
 		throw love::Exception("Unsupported pixel format for ImageData");
 
-	this->width = width;
-	this->height = height;
-	this->format = format;
-
 	create(width, height, format);
 
 	// Set to black/transparency.
@@ -52,14 +50,11 @@ ImageData::ImageData(int width, int height, PixelFormat format)
 }
 
 ImageData::ImageData(int width, int height, PixelFormat format, void *data, bool own)
+	: ImageDataBase(format, width, height)
 {
 	if (!validPixelFormat(format))
 		throw love::Exception("Unsupported pixel format for ImageData");
 
-	this->width = width;
-	this->height = height;
-	this->format = format;
-
 	if (own)
 		this->data = (unsigned char *) data;
 	else
@@ -67,11 +62,8 @@ ImageData::ImageData(int width, int height, PixelFormat format, void *data, bool
 }
 
 ImageData::ImageData(const ImageData &c)
+	: ImageDataBase(c.format, c.width, c.height)
 {
-	width = c.width;
-	height = c.height;
-	format = c.format;
-
 	create(width, height, format, c.getData());
 }
 
diff --git a/src/modules/image/ImageDataBase.cpp b/src/modules/image/ImageDataBase.cpp
index 26bb78403..f325f2676 100644
--- a/src/modules/image/ImageDataBase.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/image/ImageDataBase.cpp
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ namespace love
 namespace image
 {
 
-ImageDataBase::ImageDataBase()
-	: format(PIXELFORMAT_UNKNOWN)
-	, width(0)
-	, height(0)
+ImageDataBase::ImageDataBase(PixelFormat format, int width, int height)
+	: format(format)
+	, width(width)
+	, height(height)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/modules/image/ImageDataBase.h b/src/modules/image/ImageDataBase.h
index a2e7d4ac3..2f9ceef04 100644
--- a/src/modules/image/ImageDataBase.h
+++ b/src/modules/image/ImageDataBase.h
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ class ImageDataBase : public Data
 {
 public:
 
-	ImageDataBase();
 	virtual ~ImageDataBase() {}
 
 	PixelFormat getFormat() const;
@@ -45,6 +44,8 @@ public:
 
 protected:
 
+	ImageDataBase(PixelFormat format, int width, int height);
+
 	PixelFormat format;
 	int width;
 	int height;