diff --git a/components/config/settingsbase.hpp b/components/config/settingsbase.hpp
index 92ca34cdfe..e6b0908e0a 100644
--- a/components/config/settingsbase.hpp
+++ b/components/config/settingsbase.hpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace Config
 
         bool readFile(QTextStream &stream)
         {
-            mCache.clear();
+            Map cache;
 
             QString sectionPrefix;
 
@@ -79,31 +79,30 @@ namespace Config
 
                     mSettings.remove(key);
 
-                    QStringList values = mCache.values(key);
+                    QStringList values = cache.values(key);
 
                     if (!values.contains(value)) {
                         if (mMultiValue) {
-                            mCache.insertMulti(key, value);
+                            cache.insertMulti(key, value);
                         } else {
-                            mCache.insert(key, value);
+                            cache.insert(key, value);
                         }
                     }
                 }
             }
 
             if (mSettings.isEmpty()) {
-                mSettings = mCache; // This is the first time we read a file
+                mSettings = cache; // This is the first time we read a file
                 return true;
             }
 
             // Merge the changed keys with those which didn't
-            mSettings.unite(mCache);
+            mSettings.unite(cache);
             return true;
         }
 
     private:
         Map mSettings;
-        Map mCache;
 
         bool mMultiValue;
     };