diff --git a/src/game/client/spritemodel.cpp b/src/game/client/spritemodel.cpp
index 092848651..2a1f9be50 100644
--- a/src/game/client/spritemodel.cpp
+++ b/src/game/client/spritemodel.cpp
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ bool CEngineSprite::Init( const char *pName )
 		Q_strncpy( pMaterialPath, pMaterialName, sizeof(pMaterialPath) );
 		Q_SetExtension( pMaterialPath, ".vmt", sizeof(pMaterialPath) );
 
-		KeyValues *kv = new KeyValues( "vmt" );
+		KeyValuesAD kv( "vmt" );
 		if ( !kv->LoadFromFile( g_pFullFileSystem, pMaterialPath, "GAME" ) )
 		{
 			Warning( "Unable to load sprite material %s!\n", pMaterialPath );
@@ -291,8 +291,6 @@ bool CEngineSprite::Init( const char *pName )
 			m_material[ i ]->IncrementReferenceCount();
 		}
 
-		kv->deleteThis();
-
 		m_width = m_material[0]->GetMappingWidth();
 		m_height = m_material[0]->GetMappingHeight();
 		m_numFrames = m_material[0]->GetNumAnimationFrames();