diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MediaActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MediaActivity.kt
index ccc09a886..90dd25390 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MediaActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MediaActivity.kt
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ class MediaActivity : SimpleActivity(), MediaAdapter.MediaOperationsListener {
 
         private var mSnackbar: Snackbar? = null
 
-        lateinit var mToBeDeleted: ArrayList<String>
-        lateinit var mMedia: ArrayList<Medium>
+        private var mToBeDeleted = ArrayList<String>()
+        private var mMedia = ArrayList<Medium>()
 
         private var mPath = ""
         private var mIsGetImageIntent = false
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ class MediaActivity : SimpleActivity(), MediaAdapter.MediaOperationsListener {
 
         media_holder.setOnRefreshListener({ getMedia() })
         mPath = intent.getStringExtra(DIRECTORY)
-        mToBeDeleted = ArrayList<String>()
         mMedia = ArrayList<Medium>()
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.kt
index 099198594..a7b403f39 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.kt
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class ViewPagerActivity : SimpleActivity(), ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener, View
     }
 
     private fun reloadViewPager() {
-        GetMediaAsynctask(applicationContext, mDirectory, false, false, MediaActivity.mToBeDeleted) {
+        GetMediaAsynctask(applicationContext, mDirectory, false, false, ArrayList<String>()) {
             mMedia = it
             if (isDirEmpty())
                 return@GetMediaAsynctask