diff --git a/src/document/dom/renderer.c b/src/document/dom/renderer.c
index 30171b4f6..92c666422 100644
--- a/src/document/dom/renderer.c
+++ b/src/document/dom/renderer.c
@@ -1022,6 +1022,7 @@ render_dom_document(struct cache_entry *cached, struct document *document,
 {
 	unsigned char *head = empty_string_or_(cached->head);
 	struct dom_renderer renderer;
+	struct dom_config config;
 	struct conv_table *convert_table;
 	struct sgml_parser *parser;
  	enum sgml_parser_type parser_type;
@@ -1060,7 +1061,7 @@ render_dom_document(struct cache_entry *cached, struct document *document,
 	} else if (renderer.doctype == SGML_DOCTYPE_RSS) {
 		add_dom_stack_context(&parser->stack, &renderer,
 				      &dom_rss_renderer_context_info);
-		add_dom_config_normalizer(&parser->stack, RSS_CONFIG_FLAGS);
+		add_dom_config_normalizer(&parser->stack, &config, RSS_CONFIG_FLAGS);
 	}
 
 	/* FIXME: When rendering this way we don't really care about the code.
diff --git a/src/dom/configuration.c b/src/dom/configuration.c
index fa933610e..e722ebf76 100644
--- a/src/dom/configuration.c
+++ b/src/dom/configuration.c
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ dom_normalize_node_end(struct dom_stack *stack, struct dom_node *node, void *dat
 		break;
 
 	case DOM_NODE_DOCUMENT:
-		mem_free(config);
 		break;
 
 	default:
@@ -285,20 +284,15 @@ static struct dom_stack_context_info dom_config_normalizer_context = {
 };
 
 struct dom_config *
-add_dom_config_normalizer(struct dom_stack *stack, enum dom_config_flag flags)
+add_dom_config_normalizer(struct dom_stack *stack, struct dom_config *config, 
+			  enum dom_config_flag flags)
 {
-	struct dom_config *config;
-
-	config = mem_calloc(1, sizeof(*config));
-	if (!config) return NULL;
-
+	memset(config, 0, sizeof(*config));
 	config->flags = flags;
 
 	if (add_dom_stack_context(stack, config, &dom_config_normalizer_context))
 		return config;
 
-	mem_free(config);
-
 	return NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/dom/configuration.h b/src/dom/configuration.h
index f86898bf3..2661cbf52 100644
--- a/src/dom/configuration.h
+++ b/src/dom/configuration.h
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ struct dom_config {
 };
 
 struct dom_config *
-add_dom_config_normalizer(struct dom_stack *stack, enum dom_config_flag flags);
+add_dom_config_normalizer(struct dom_stack *stack, struct dom_config *config,
+			  enum dom_config_flag flags);
 
 enum dom_config_flag
 parse_dom_config(unsigned char *flaglist, unsigned char separator);