diff --git a/src/mame/drivers/taitojc.c b/src/mame/drivers/taitojc.c
index be6d6db1dca..086a83946d1 100644
--- a/src/mame/drivers/taitojc.c
+++ b/src/mame/drivers/taitojc.c
@@ -601,7 +601,6 @@ READ8_MEMBER(taitojc_state::jc_pcbid_r)
 
 READ32_MEMBER(taitojc_state::dsp_shared_r)
 {
-
 	return m_dsp_shared_ram[offset] << 16;
 }
 
@@ -911,8 +910,7 @@ ADDRESS_MAP_END
 
 READ16_MEMBER(taitojc_state::dsp_rom_r)
 {
-	UINT16 *rom = (UINT16*)machine().root_device().memregion("gfx2")->base();
-	UINT16 data = rom[m_dsp_rom_pos++];
+	UINT16 data = ((UINT16*)m_gfx2->base())[m_dsp_rom_pos++];
 
 	//mame_printf_debug("dsp_rom_r:  %08X, %08X at %08X\n", offset, mem_mask, cpu_get_pc(&space.device()));
 	return data;
diff --git a/src/mame/includes/taitojc.h b/src/mame/includes/taitojc.h
index 789a36c880e..5b8835a1530 100644
--- a/src/mame/includes/taitojc.h
+++ b/src/mame/includes/taitojc.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ public:
 		: driver_device(mconfig, type, tag),
 		m_maincpu(*this,"maincpu"),
 		m_dsp(*this,"dsp"),
+		m_gfx2(*this, "gfx2"),
 		m_vram(*this, "vram"),
 		m_objlist(*this, "objlist"),
 		m_snd_shared_ram(*this, "snd_shared"),
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ public:
 
 	required_device<cpu_device> m_maincpu;
 	required_device<cpu_device> m_dsp;
+	required_memory_region m_gfx2;
+
 	required_shared_ptr<UINT32> m_vram;
 	required_shared_ptr<UINT32> m_objlist;
 	optional_shared_ptr<UINT32> m_snd_shared_ram;