diff --git a/include/osg/Referenced b/include/osg/Referenced
index f851f3dbf..725746703 100644
--- a/include/osg/Referenced
+++ b/include/osg/Referenced
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ namespace osg {
 class DeleteHandler;
 class Observer;
 
+/** template class to help enforce static initialization order. */
+template <typename T, T M()>
+struct depends_on
+{
+    depends_on() { M(); }
+};
+
 /** Base class from providing referencing counted objects.*/
 class OSG_EXPORT Referenced
 {
diff --git a/src/osgUtil/RenderBin.cpp b/src/osgUtil/RenderBin.cpp
index b33cafb19..99340fd06 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/RenderBin.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/RenderBin.cpp
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 using namespace osg;
 using namespace osgUtil;
 
-
-class RenderBinPrototypeList : public osg::Referenced, public std::map< std::string, osg::ref_ptr<RenderBin> > 
+class RenderBinPrototypeList : osg::depends_on<OpenThreads::Mutex*, osg::Referenced::getGlobalReferencedMutex>,
+                               public osg::Referenced, public std::map< std::string, osg::ref_ptr<RenderBin> >
 {
     public:
         RenderBinPrototypeList() {}
@@ -83,8 +83,17 @@ void RenderBin::removeRenderBinPrototype(RenderBin* proto)
     RenderBinPrototypeList* list = renderBinPrototypeList();
     if (list && proto)
     {
-        RenderBinPrototypeList::iterator itr = list->find(proto->className());
-        if (itr != list->end()) list->erase(itr);
+        for(RenderBinPrototypeList::iterator itr = list->begin();
+            itr != list->end();
+            ++itr)
+        {
+            if (itr->second == proto)
+            {
+                // osg::notify(osg::NOTICE)<<"Found protype, now erasing "<<itr->first<<std::endl;
+                list->erase(itr);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }