diff --git a/matlab/dynare_config.m b/matlab/dynare_config.m
index ab19104404e6f2bcc9b8d3585cd1edc5e7ce7fac..2b7c7e225786bc7e6bfb582524fe53ffd7c519b0 100644
--- a/matlab/dynare_config.m
+++ b/matlab/dynare_config.m
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ if verbose
 end
 
 % Initialization of the dates and dseries classes (recursive).
-dseries().initialize();
+octaveworkaround = dseries();
+octaveworkaround.initialize();
+clear octaveworkaround;
 
 cd(origin);