diff --git a/src/lib/notcurses.c b/src/lib/notcurses.c
index 55e022747..e8a540978 100644
--- a/src/lib/notcurses.c
+++ b/src/lib/notcurses.c
@@ -269,14 +269,7 @@ void free_plane(ncplane* p){
     if(p->sprite){
       sprixel_hide(p->sprite);
     }
-    if(p->tam){
-      for(int y = 0 ; y < p->leny ; ++y){
-        for(int x = 0 ; x < p->lenx ; ++x){
-          free(p->tam[y * p->lenx + x].auxvector);
-        }
-      }
-      free(p->tam);
-    }
+    free(p->tam);
     egcpool_dump(&p->pool);
     free(p->name);
     free(p->fb);
diff --git a/src/lib/render.c b/src/lib/render.c
index a3402d7d6..303f44129 100644
--- a/src/lib/render.c
+++ b/src/lib/render.c
@@ -144,9 +144,11 @@ highcontrast(uint32_t bchannel){
 // at least for this rendering cycle
 static void
 paint_sprixel(ncplane* p, struct crender* rvec, int starty, int startx,
-              int dimy, int dimx, int offy, int offx, int dstleny, int dstlenx){
+              int offy, int offx, int dstleny, int dstlenx){
   const notcurses* nc = ncplane_notcurses_const(p);
   sprixel* s = p->sprite;
+  int dimy = s->dimy;
+  int dimx = s->dimx;
   for(int y = starty ; y < dimy ; ++y){
     const int absy = y + offy;
     // once we've passed the physical screen's bottom, we're done
@@ -229,8 +231,7 @@ paint(ncplane* p, struct crender* rvec, int dstleny, int dstlenx,
   // glyph, but we *do* need to null out any cellregions that we've
   // scribbled upon.
   if(p->sprite){
-    paint_sprixel(p, rvec, starty, startx, dimy, dimx, offy, offx,
-                  dstleny, dstlenx);
+    paint_sprixel(p, rvec, starty, startx, offy, offx, dstleny, dstlenx);
     // decouple from the pile's sixel list
     if(p->sprite->next){
       p->sprite->next->prev = p->sprite->prev;
diff --git a/src/lib/sprite.c b/src/lib/sprite.c
index febc02d79..1a841490f 100644
--- a/src/lib/sprite.c
+++ b/src/lib/sprite.c
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ void sprixel_hide(sprixel* s){
     s->movedfromy = ncplane_abs_y(s->n);
     s->movedfromx = ncplane_abs_x(s->n);
     if(s->n){
+      for(int y = 0 ; y < s->dimy ; ++y){
+        for(int x = 0 ; x < s->dimx ; ++x){
+          free(s->n->tam[y * s->dimx + x].auxvector);
+          s->n->tam[y * s->dimx + x].auxvector = NULL;
+        }
+      }
       s->n->sprite = NULL;
       s->n = NULL;
     }