diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 7299bd0f4a..27594ecbe3 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
     }
 
     boost::filesystem::path est_path = GetDataDir() / FEE_ESTIMATES_FILENAME;
-    CAutoFile est_filein = CAutoFile(fopen(est_path.string().c_str(), "rb"), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
+    CAutoFile est_filein(fopen(est_path.string().c_str(), "rb"), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
     // Allowed to fail as this file IS missing on first startup.
     if (est_filein)
         mempool.ReadFeeEstimates(est_filein);
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 15c3916a6f..60e2a56795 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ bool GetTransaction(const uint256 &hash, CTransaction &txOut, uint256 &hashBlock
 bool WriteBlockToDisk(CBlock& block, CDiskBlockPos& pos)
 {
     // Open history file to append
-    CAutoFile fileout = CAutoFile(OpenBlockFile(pos), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
+    CAutoFile fileout(OpenBlockFile(pos), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
     if (!fileout)
         return error("WriteBlockToDisk : OpenBlockFile failed");
 
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ bool ReadBlockFromDisk(CBlock& block, const CDiskBlockPos& pos)
     block.SetNull();
 
     // Open history file to read
-    CAutoFile filein = CAutoFile(OpenBlockFile(pos, true), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
+    CAutoFile filein(OpenBlockFile(pos, true), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
     if (!filein)
         return error("ReadBlockFromDisk : OpenBlockFile failed");
 
@@ -4503,7 +4503,7 @@ bool SendMessages(CNode* pto, bool fSendTrickle)
 bool CBlockUndo::WriteToDisk(CDiskBlockPos &pos, const uint256 &hashBlock)
 {
     // Open history file to append
-    CAutoFile fileout = CAutoFile(OpenUndoFile(pos), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
+    CAutoFile fileout(OpenUndoFile(pos), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
     if (!fileout)
         return error("CBlockUndo::WriteToDisk : OpenUndoFile failed");
 
@@ -4535,7 +4535,7 @@ bool CBlockUndo::WriteToDisk(CDiskBlockPos &pos, const uint256 &hashBlock)
 bool CBlockUndo::ReadFromDisk(const CDiskBlockPos &pos, const uint256 &hashBlock)
 {
     // Open history file to read
-    CAutoFile filein = CAutoFile(OpenUndoFile(pos, true), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
+    CAutoFile filein(OpenUndoFile(pos, true), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
     if (!filein)
         return error("CBlockUndo::ReadFromDisk : OpenBlockFile failed");
 
diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index ab547e2fd7..866bac2c0e 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -1957,7 +1957,7 @@ bool CAddrDB::Write(const CAddrMan& addr)
     // open temp output file, and associate with CAutoFile
     boost::filesystem::path pathTmp = GetDataDir() / tmpfn;
     FILE *file = fopen(pathTmp.string().c_str(), "wb");
-    CAutoFile fileout = CAutoFile(file, SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
+    CAutoFile fileout(file, SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
     if (!fileout)
         return error("%s : Failed to open file %s", __func__, pathTmp.string());
 
@@ -1982,7 +1982,7 @@ bool CAddrDB::Read(CAddrMan& addr)
 {
     // open input file, and associate with CAutoFile
     FILE *file = fopen(pathAddr.string().c_str(), "rb");
-    CAutoFile filein = CAutoFile(file, SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
+    CAutoFile filein(file, SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
     if (!filein)
         return error("%s : Failed to open file %s", __func__, pathAddr.string());
 
diff --git a/src/test/checkblock_tests.cpp b/src/test/checkblock_tests.cpp
index fdea12846a..67d40a45c7 100644
--- a/src/test/checkblock_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/checkblock_tests.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ bool read_block(const std::string& filename, CBlock& block)
 
     fseek(fp, 8, SEEK_SET); // skip msgheader/size
 
-    CAutoFile filein = CAutoFile(fp, SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
+    CAutoFile filein(fp, SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
     if (!filein) return false;
 
     filein >> block;