diff --git a/gtk/gtkcssstyleproperty.c b/gtk/gtkcssstyleproperty.c
index 94680389ac..9743b8821b 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkcssstyleproperty.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkcssstyleproperty.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ gtk_css_style_property_parse_value (GtkStyleProperty *property,
       return TRUE;
     }
 
-  g_value_init (value, _gtk_style_property_get_value_type (property));
+  g_value_init (value, _gtk_css_style_property_get_specified_type (style_property));
   if (!(* style_property->parse_value) (style_property, value, parser, base))
     {
       g_value_unset (value);
diff --git a/gtk/gtkcssstylepropertyimpl.c b/gtk/gtkcssstylepropertyimpl.c
index a6b65fe1d0..d41048f328 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkcssstylepropertyimpl.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkcssstylepropertyimpl.c
@@ -418,8 +418,6 @@ css_image_value_parse (GtkCssStyleProperty *property,
         return FALSE;
     }
 
-  g_value_unset (value);
-  g_value_init (value, GTK_TYPE_CSS_IMAGE);
   g_value_take_object (value, image);
   return TRUE;
 }