diff --git a/wire/msgcfheaders.go b/wire/msgcfheaders.go
index b66d695f..411bf8f1 100644
--- a/wire/msgcfheaders.go
+++ b/wire/msgcfheaders.go
@@ -60,15 +60,14 @@ func (msg *MsgCFHeaders) BtcDecode(r io.Reader, pver uint32) error {
 
 	// Create a contiguous slice of headers to deserialize into in order to
 	// reduce the number of allocations.
-	headers := make([]chainhash.Hash, count)
+	var cfh chainhash.Hash
 	msg.HeaderHashes = make([]*chainhash.Hash, 0, count)
 	for i := uint64(0); i < count; i++ {
-		cfh := &headers[i]
 		err := readElement(r, &cfh)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		msg.AddCFHeader(cfh)
+		msg.AddCFHeader(&cfh)
 	}
 
 	return nil