Index: trunk/psphot/src/psphotStackMatchPSFs.c
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--- trunk/psphot/src/psphotStackMatchPSFs.c	(revision 34404)
+++ trunk/psphot/src/psphotStackMatchPSFs.c	(revision 34721)
@@ -108,16 +108,13 @@
     bool notMatched = psMetadataLookupBool(NULL, readoutOut->analysis, "NOT.PSF.MATCHED");
     if (notMatched) {
-        if (!readoutOut->image) {
-            // our images got freed in the matching process. Recreate them so that they
-            // are available when sources are copied to this readout.
-            readoutOut->image = psImageCopy(NULL, readoutSrc->image, PS_TYPE_F32);
-            if (readoutSrc->variance) {
-                psFree(readoutOut->variance);
-                readoutOut->variance = psImageCopy(NULL, readoutSrc->variance, PS_TYPE_F32);
-            }
-            if (readoutSrc->mask) {
-                psFree(readoutOut->mask);
-                readoutOut->mask = psImageCopy(NULL, readoutSrc->mask, PS_TYPE_IMAGE_MASK);
-            }
+        psFree(readoutOut->image);
+        readoutOut->image = psImageCopy(NULL, readoutSrc->image, PS_TYPE_F32);
+        psFree(readoutOut->variance);
+        if (readoutSrc->variance) {
+            readoutOut->variance = psImageCopy(NULL, readoutSrc->variance, PS_TYPE_F32);
+        }
+        psFree(readoutOut->mask);
+        if (readoutSrc->mask) {
+            readoutOut->mask = psImageCopy(NULL, readoutSrc->mask, PS_TYPE_IMAGE_MASK);
         }
     }