diff --git a/src/buffer.hh b/src/buffer.hh
index 0cdb8209..3114e861 100644
--- a/src/buffer.hh
+++ b/src/buffer.hh
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ public:
 private:
     SafePtr<const Buffer> m_buffer;
     BufferCoord m_coord;
-    LineCount m_line_count;
     StringView m_line;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/buffer.inl.hh b/src/buffer.inl.hh
index 6816e818..e7538694 100644
--- a/src/buffer.inl.hh
+++ b/src/buffer.inl.hh
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ inline BufferCoord Buffer::end_coord() const
 
 inline BufferIterator::BufferIterator(const Buffer& buffer, BufferCoord coord) noexcept
     : m_buffer{&buffer}, m_coord{coord},
-      m_line_count{buffer.line_count()},
       m_line{coord.line < buffer.line_count() ? (*m_buffer)[coord.line] : StringView{}} {}
 
 inline bool BufferIterator::operator==(const BufferIterator& iterator) const noexcept
@@ -183,7 +182,7 @@ inline BufferIterator& BufferIterator::operator++()
 {
     if (++m_coord.column == m_line.length())
     {
-        m_line = (++m_coord.line < m_line_count) ?
+        m_line = (++m_coord.line < m_buffer->line_count()) ?
             (*m_buffer)[m_coord.line] : StringView{};
         m_coord.column = 0;
     }