diff --git a/include/osgAnimation/Timeline b/include/osgAnimation/Timeline
index 26510d613..b9a218c72 100644
--- a/include/osgAnimation/Timeline
+++ b/include/osgAnimation/Timeline
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ namespace osgAnimation
             // process all pending remove action operation
             while( !_removeActionOperations.empty())
             {
-                internalRemoveAction(_removeActionOperations.back().second);
+                internalRemoveAction(_removeActionOperations.back().second.get());
                 _removeActionOperations.pop_back();
             }
         }