diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/3ds/ReaderWriter3DS.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/3ds/ReaderWriter3DS.cpp
index 40154161560..c5d8f9d1fdf 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/3ds/ReaderWriter3DS.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/3ds/ReaderWriter3DS.cpp
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ osg::Drawable* ReaderWriter3DS::ReaderObject::createDrawable(Lib3dsMesh *m,FaceL
 
     osg::ref_ptr<osg::Vec3Array> osg_vertices = new osg::Vec3Array();
     osg_vertices->reserve(m->nvertices);
-    geom->setVertexArray(osg_vertices);
+    geom->setVertexArray(osg_vertices.get());
 
     osg::ref_ptr<osg::Vec3Array> osg_normals = new osg::Vec3Array();
     osg_normals->reserve(m->nvertices);
diff --git a/src/osgViewer/CompositeViewer.cpp b/src/osgViewer/CompositeViewer.cpp
index ca5dd38b20a..7707b296ecf 100644
--- a/src/osgViewer/CompositeViewer.cpp
+++ b/src/osgViewer/CompositeViewer.cpp
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ void CompositeViewer::eventTraversal()
                 hitr != view->getEventHandlers().end();
                 ++hitr)
             {
-                (*hitr)->handleWithCheckAgainstIgnoreHandledEventsMask( *event, *view, 0, _eventVisitor);
+                (*hitr)->handleWithCheckAgainstIgnoreHandledEventsMask( *event, *view, 0, _eventVisitor.get());
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/osgViewer/Viewer.cpp b/src/osgViewer/Viewer.cpp
index 76e746af6f5..28b694b4499 100644
--- a/src/osgViewer/Viewer.cpp
+++ b/src/osgViewer/Viewer.cpp
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ void Viewer::eventTraversal()
             hitr != _eventHandlers.end();
             ++hitr)
         {
-            (*hitr)->handleWithCheckAgainstIgnoreHandledEventsMask( *event, *this, 0, _eventVisitor);
+            (*hitr)->handleWithCheckAgainstIgnoreHandledEventsMask( *event, *this, 0, _eventVisitor.get());
         }
 
     }