diff --git a/plugins/mame/src/mame-game-info.vala b/plugins/mame/src/mame-game-info.vala
index fbb5779260fcda7c235054db65e46ad7ea749230..1ca07b32106f981279a2d1841afc4e6ca1d1ae88 100644
--- a/plugins/mame/src/mame-game-info.vala
+++ b/plugins/mame/src/mame-game-info.vala
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ private struct Games.MameGameInfo {
 			yield;
 		}
 
-		foreach (var line in text.split ("\n")) {
+		var lines = text.split ("\n");
+		foreach (var line in lines) {
 			MatchInfo match_info;
 			if (!game_regex.match (line, 0, out match_info))
 				continue;