diff --git a/camera/ICameraClient.cpp b/camera/ICameraClient.cpp
index 487b8b0..c02c81b 100644
--- a/camera/ICameraClient.cpp
+++ b/camera/ICameraClient.cpp
@@ -139,20 +139,18 @@
             CHECK_INTERFACE(ICameraClient, data, reply);
             int32_t msgType = data.readInt32();
             sp<IMemory> imageData = interface_cast<IMemory>(data.readStrongBinder());
-            camera_frame_metadata_t *metadata = NULL;
+            camera_frame_metadata_t metadata;
             if (data.dataAvail() > 0) {
-                metadata = new camera_frame_metadata_t;
-                metadata->number_of_faces = data.readInt32();
-                if (metadata->number_of_faces <= 0 ||
-                        metadata->number_of_faces > (int32_t)(INT32_MAX / sizeof(camera_face_t))) {
-                    ALOGE("%s: Too large face count: %d", __FUNCTION__, metadata->number_of_faces);
+                metadata.number_of_faces = data.readInt32();
+                if (metadata.number_of_faces <= 0 ||
+                        metadata.number_of_faces > (int32_t)(INT32_MAX / sizeof(camera_face_t))) {
+                    ALOGE("%s: Too large face count: %d", __FUNCTION__, metadata.number_of_faces);
                     return BAD_VALUE;
                 }
-                metadata->faces = (camera_face_t *) data.readInplace(
-                        sizeof(camera_face_t) * metadata->number_of_faces);
+                metadata.faces = (camera_face_t *) data.readInplace(
+                        sizeof(camera_face_t) * metadata.number_of_faces);
             }
-            dataCallback(msgType, imageData, metadata);
-            if (metadata) delete metadata;
+            dataCallback(msgType, imageData, &metadata);
             return NO_ERROR;
         } break;
         case DATA_CALLBACK_TIMESTAMP: {