diff --git a/common/rfb/TightEncoder.cxx b/common/rfb/TightEncoder.cxx
index f4633f8..622dc3d 100644
--- a/common/rfb/TightEncoder.cxx
+++ b/common/rfb/TightEncoder.cxx
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 #include <rfb/tightEncode.h>
 #undef BPP
 
-TightEncoder::TightEncoder(SMsgWriter* writer_) : writer(writer_)
+TightEncoder::TightEncoder(SMsgWriter* writer) : Encoder(writer)
 {
   setCompressLevel(defaultCompressLevel);
   setQualityLevel(-1);