diff --git a/src/osgViewer/CompositeViewer.cpp b/src/osgViewer/CompositeViewer.cpp
index 1ffed241c..31be97cec 100644
--- a/src/osgViewer/CompositeViewer.cpp
+++ b/src/osgViewer/CompositeViewer.cpp
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ void CompositeViewer::eventTraversal()
 
         // create a frame event for the new frame.
         {
-            osgGA::GUIEventAdapter* event = view->getEventQueue()->frame( getFrameStamp()->getReferenceTime() );
+            osg::ref_ptr<osgGA::GUIEventAdapter> event = view->getEventQueue()->frame( getFrameStamp()->getReferenceTime() );
             
             if (!_previousEvent || _previousEvent->getNumPointerData()<2)
             {
diff --git a/src/osgViewer/Viewer.cpp b/src/osgViewer/Viewer.cpp
index ec3e840ce..cfaf70335 100644
--- a/src/osgViewer/Viewer.cpp
+++ b/src/osgViewer/Viewer.cpp
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ void Viewer::eventTraversal()
 
     // create a frame event for the new frame.
     {
-        osgGA::GUIEventAdapter* event = _eventQueue->frame( getFrameStamp()->getReferenceTime() );
+        osg::ref_ptr<osgGA::GUIEventAdapter> event = _eventQueue->frame( getFrameStamp()->getReferenceTime() );
         
         if (!eventState || eventState->getNumPointerData()<2)
         {