diff --git a/reco/L1/CbmL1.cxx b/reco/L1/CbmL1.cxx
index 9052a7ec4132d8b5557487f2362a8aa001e1011a..1c9e5ab9d12c89845210f4fe4ed4f99340f4d96e 100644
--- a/reco/L1/CbmL1.cxx
+++ b/reco/L1/CbmL1.cxx
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ CbmL1::CbmL1()
   , dFEI2vMCPoints()
   , dFEI2vMCTracks()
   , fData(nullptr)
-  , histodir(nullptr)
   , fFindParticlesMode()
   , fStsMatBudgetFileName("")
   , fMvdMatBudgetFileName("")
@@ -287,7 +286,6 @@ CbmL1::CbmL1(const char* name,
   , dFEI2vMCPoints()
   , dFEI2vMCTracks()
   , fData(nullptr)
-  , histodir(nullptr)
   , fFindParticlesMode(findParticleMode_)
   , fStsMatBudgetFileName("")
   , fMvdMatBudgetFileName("")
@@ -389,7 +387,7 @@ InitStatus CbmL1::Init() {
 
   fUseMVD = 0;
 
-  histodir = gROOT->mkdir("L1");
+  fHistoDir = gROOT->mkdir("L1");
 
 
   // turn on reconstruction in sub-detectors
@@ -1620,7 +1618,7 @@ void CbmL1::Finish() {
   // Open output file and write histograms
   TFile* outfile = new TFile("L1_histo.root", "RECREATE");
   outfile->cd();
-  writedir2current(histodir);
+  writedir2current(fHistoDir);
   outfile->Close();
   outfile->Delete();
 
diff --git a/reco/L1/CbmL1.h b/reco/L1/CbmL1.h
index 8f5d020214d4af4bbdadde1cda648587e00699e4..bfd59ff358684b79da178be750991ee99babbf2a 100644
--- a/reco/L1/CbmL1.h
+++ b/reco/L1/CbmL1.h
@@ -349,8 +349,6 @@ private:
   // DFEI2I::iterator map_it;
   L1AlgoInputData* fData;
 
-  TDirectory* histodir;
-
   static CbmL1* fInstance;
 
 private:
diff --git a/reco/L1/CbmL1Performance.cxx b/reco/L1/CbmL1Performance.cxx
index 26ffa1d53a894fb11d20d15f6485e34afadc1b78..41bb7a49d7d113656dff487b364bcba54bcac218 100644
--- a/reco/L1/CbmL1Performance.cxx
+++ b/reco/L1/CbmL1Performance.cxx
@@ -675,8 +675,7 @@ void CbmL1::
     first_call = 0;
 
     TDirectory* curdir = gDirectory;
-    gDirectory         = histodir;
-    gDirectory->cd("L1");
+    gDirectory         = fHistoDir;
 
     p_eff_all_vs_mom    = new TProfile("p_eff_all_vs_mom",
                                     "AllSet Efficiency vs Momentum",
@@ -1553,8 +1552,7 @@ void CbmL1::TrackFitPerformance() {
     first_call = 0;
 
     TDirectory* currentDir = gDirectory;
-    gDirectory             = histodir;
-    gDirectory->cd("L1");
+    gDirectory             = fHistoDir;
     gDirectory->mkdir("Fit");
     gDirectory->cd("Fit");
     {
@@ -2283,8 +2281,7 @@ void CbmL1::InputPerformance() {
     first_call = 0;
 
     TDirectory* currentDir = gDirectory;
-    gDirectory             = histodir;
-    gDirectory->cd("L1");
+    gDirectory             = fHistoDir;
     gDirectory->mkdir("Input");
     gDirectory->cd("Input");
     gDirectory->mkdir("STS");