diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/classparser/LocalVariableTable.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/classparser/LocalVariableTable.java
index e211fc4..7e7c8fb 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/classparser/LocalVariableTable.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/classparser/LocalVariableTable.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-   Copyright 2011 - 2018 Volker Berlin (i-net software)
+   Copyright 2011 - 2019 Volker Berlin (i-net software)
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -62,22 +62,24 @@ public class LocalVariableTable {
      */
     void read( DataInputStream input, boolean withPositions ) throws IOException {
         count = input.readUnsignedShort();
-        if( count > table.length ) {
-            table = new LocalVariable[count];
-            tablePosition = new LocalVariable[count];
-        }
         boolean[] wasSet = new boolean[table.length];
         for( int i = 0; i < count; i++ ) {
             LocalVariable var = new LocalVariable( input, i, constantPool );
             int idx = var.getIndex();
-            if( withPositions ) {
-                tablePosition[i] = var;
-            }
             if( !wasSet[idx] ) { // does not use index of reused variable
                 table[idx] = var;
                 wasSet[idx] = true;
             }
         }
+
+        if( withPositions ) {
+            for( int i = 0, t = 0; i < table.length; i++ ) {
+                LocalVariable var = table[i];
+                if( var != null ) {
+                    tablePosition[t++] = var;
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ public class LocalVariableTable {
      * @return the count
      */
     public int getPositionSize() {
-        return count;
+        return tablePosition.length;
     }
 
     /**