diff --git a/src/wallet/crypter.cpp b/src/wallet/crypter.cpp
index 190f8ecf2a..31ee060677 100644
--- a/src/wallet/crypter.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/crypter.cpp
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ bool CCrypter::SetKeyFromPassphrase(const SecureString& strKeyData, const std::v
 
     int i = 0;
     if (nDerivationMethod == 0)
-        i = BytesToKeySHA512AES(chSalt, strKeyData, nRounds, chKey, chIV);
+        i = BytesToKeySHA512AES(chSalt, strKeyData, nRounds, vchKey.data(), vchIV.data());
 
     if (i != (int)WALLET_CRYPTO_KEY_SIZE)
     {
-        memory_cleanse(chKey, sizeof(chKey));
-        memory_cleanse(chIV, sizeof(chIV));
+        memory_cleanse(vchKey.data(), vchKey.size());
+        memory_cleanse(vchIV.data(), vchIV.size());
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ bool CCrypter::SetKey(const CKeyingMaterial& chNewKey, const std::vector<unsigne
     if (chNewKey.size() != WALLET_CRYPTO_KEY_SIZE || chNewIV.size() != WALLET_CRYPTO_IV_SIZE)
         return false;
 
-    memcpy(&chKey[0], &chNewKey[0], sizeof chKey);
-    memcpy(&chIV[0], &chNewIV[0], sizeof chIV);
+    memcpy(vchKey.data(), chNewKey.data(), chNewKey.size());
+    memcpy(vchIV.data(), chNewIV.data(), chNewIV.size());
 
     fKeySet = true;
     return true;
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ bool CCrypter::Encrypt(const CKeyingMaterial& vchPlaintext, std::vector<unsigned
     // n + AES_BLOCKSIZE bytes
     vchCiphertext.resize(vchPlaintext.size() + AES_BLOCKSIZE);
 
-    AES256CBCEncrypt enc(chKey, chIV, true);
+    AES256CBCEncrypt enc(vchKey.data(), vchIV.data(), true);
     size_t nLen = enc.Encrypt(&vchPlaintext[0], vchPlaintext.size(), &vchCiphertext[0]);
     if(nLen < vchPlaintext.size())
         return false;
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ bool CCrypter::Decrypt(const std::vector<unsigned char>& vchCiphertext, CKeyingM
 
     vchPlaintext.resize(nLen);
 
-    AES256CBCDecrypt dec(chKey, chIV, true);
+    AES256CBCDecrypt dec(vchKey.data(), vchIV.data(), true);
     nLen = dec.Decrypt(&vchCiphertext[0], vchCiphertext.size(), &vchPlaintext[0]);
     if(nLen == 0)
         return false;
diff --git a/src/wallet/crypter.h b/src/wallet/crypter.h
index 5d0a4a3305..f00f7fa731 100644
--- a/src/wallet/crypter.h
+++ b/src/wallet/crypter.h
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ class CCrypter
 {
 friend class wallet_crypto::TestCrypter; // for test access to chKey/chIV
 private:
-    unsigned char chKey[WALLET_CRYPTO_KEY_SIZE];
-    unsigned char chIV[WALLET_CRYPTO_IV_SIZE];
+    std::vector<unsigned char, secure_allocator<unsigned char>> vchKey;
+    std::vector<unsigned char, secure_allocator<unsigned char>> vchIV;
     bool fKeySet;
 
     int BytesToKeySHA512AES(const std::vector<unsigned char>& chSalt, const SecureString& strKeyData, int count, unsigned char *key,unsigned char *iv) const;
@@ -91,28 +91,21 @@ public:
 
     void CleanKey()
     {
-        memory_cleanse(chKey, sizeof(chKey));
-        memory_cleanse(chIV, sizeof(chIV));
+        memory_cleanse(vchKey.data(), vchKey.size());
+        memory_cleanse(vchIV.data(), vchIV.size());
         fKeySet = false;
     }
 
     CCrypter()
     {
         fKeySet = false;
-
-        // Try to keep the key data out of swap (and be a bit over-careful to keep the IV that we don't even use out of swap)
-        // Note that this does nothing about suspend-to-disk (which will put all our key data on disk)
-        // Note as well that at no point in this program is any attempt made to prevent stealing of keys by reading the memory of the running process.
-        LockedPageManager::Instance().LockRange(&chKey[0], sizeof chKey);
-        LockedPageManager::Instance().LockRange(&chIV[0], sizeof chIV);
+        vchKey.resize(WALLET_CRYPTO_KEY_SIZE);
+        vchIV.resize(WALLET_CRYPTO_IV_SIZE);
     }
 
     ~CCrypter()
     {
         CleanKey();
-
-        LockedPageManager::Instance().UnlockRange(&chKey[0], sizeof chKey);
-        LockedPageManager::Instance().UnlockRange(&chIV[0], sizeof chIV);
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/wallet/test/crypto_tests.cpp b/src/wallet/test/crypto_tests.cpp
index c5f55ef5f0..ce35c53c48 100644
--- a/src/wallet/test/crypto_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/test/crypto_tests.cpp
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ static void TestPassphraseSingle(const std::vector<unsigned char>& vchSalt, cons
 
     OldSetKeyFromPassphrase(passphrase, vchSalt, rounds, 0, chKey, chIV);
 
-    BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE(memcmp(chKey, crypt.chKey, sizeof(chKey)) == 0, \
-        HexStr(chKey, chKey+sizeof(chKey)) + std::string(" != ") + HexStr(crypt.chKey, crypt.chKey + (sizeof crypt.chKey)));
-    BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE(memcmp(chIV, crypt.chIV, sizeof(chIV)) == 0, \
-        HexStr(chIV, chIV+sizeof(chIV)) + std::string(" != ") + HexStr(crypt.chIV, crypt.chIV + (sizeof crypt.chIV)));
+    BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE(memcmp(chKey, crypt.vchKey.data(), crypt.vchKey.size()) == 0, \
+        HexStr(chKey, chKey+sizeof(chKey)) + std::string(" != ") + HexStr(crypt.vchKey));
+    BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE(memcmp(chIV, crypt.vchIV.data(), crypt.vchIV.size()) == 0, \
+        HexStr(chIV, chIV+sizeof(chIV)) + std::string(" != ") + HexStr(crypt.vchIV));
 
     if(!correctKey.empty())
         BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE(memcmp(chKey, &correctKey[0], sizeof(chKey)) == 0, \
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static void TestDecrypt(const CCrypter& crypt, const std::vector<unsigned char>&
     CKeyingMaterial vchDecrypted2;
     int result1, result2;
     result1 = crypt.Decrypt(vchCiphertext, vchDecrypted1);
-    result2 = OldDecrypt(vchCiphertext, vchDecrypted2, crypt.chKey, crypt.chIV);
+    result2 = OldDecrypt(vchCiphertext, vchDecrypted2, crypt.vchKey.data(), crypt.vchIV.data());
     BOOST_CHECK(result1 == result2);
 
     // These two should be equal. However, OpenSSL 1.0.1j introduced a change
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static void TestEncryptSingle(const CCrypter& crypt, const CKeyingMaterial& vchP
     std::vector<unsigned char> vchCiphertext2;
     int result1 = crypt.Encrypt(vchPlaintext, vchCiphertext1);
 
-    int result2 = OldEncrypt(vchPlaintext, vchCiphertext2, crypt.chKey, crypt.chIV);
+    int result2 = OldEncrypt(vchPlaintext, vchCiphertext2, crypt.vchKey.data(), crypt.vchIV.data());
     BOOST_CHECK(result1 == result2);
     BOOST_CHECK(vchCiphertext1 == vchCiphertext2);