diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 40c5070e..3e19a09e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 
+ * Prevent premature deallocations with `LeptonicaFrameConverter` ([issue bytedeco/javacpp#272](https://github.com/bytedeco/javacpp/issues/272))
  * Fix `OpenCVFrameGrabber` from crashing when in `ImageMode.GRAY`
  * Add support for multiple inputs to `FFmpegFrameFilter` ([issue #955](https://github.com/bytedeco/javacv/issues/955))
  * Fix fps in output of `FFmpegFrameRecorder` by setting deprecated `AVStream.codec.time_base` ([issue #1069](https://github.com/bytedeco/javacv/issues/1069))
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bytedeco/javacv/LeptonicaFrameConverter.java b/src/main/java/org/bytedeco/javacv/LeptonicaFrameConverter.java
index c7f8d819..549f9162 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bytedeco/javacv/LeptonicaFrameConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bytedeco/javacv/LeptonicaFrameConverter.java
@@ -56,14 +56,15 @@ public PIX convert(Frame frame) {
         } else if (frame.opaque instanceof PIX) {
             return (PIX)frame.opaque;
         } else if (!isEqual(frame, pix)) {
-            pix = PIX.createHeader(frame.imageWidth, frame.imageHeight, frame.imageChannels * 8)
-                     .wpl(frame.imageStride / 4 * Math.abs(frame.imageDepth) / 8);
+            Pointer data;
             if (ByteOrder.nativeOrder().equals(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN)) {
                 pixBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(frame.imageHeight * frame.imageStride).order(ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN);
-                pix.data(new IntPointer(new Pointer(pixBuffer)));
+                data = new Pointer(pixBuffer);
             } else {
-                pix.data(new IntPointer(new Pointer(frame.image[0].position(0))));
+                data = new Pointer(frame.image[0].position(0));
             }
+            pix = PIX.create(frame.imageWidth, frame.imageHeight, frame.imageChannels * 8, data)
+                     .wpl(frame.imageStride / 4 * Math.abs(frame.imageDepth) / 8);
         }
 
         if (ByteOrder.nativeOrder().equals(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN)) {