diff --git a/examples/osgcomputeshaders/osgcomputeshaders.cpp b/examples/osgcomputeshaders/osgcomputeshaders.cpp
index 73265b522..fa75987bf 100644
--- a/examples/osgcomputeshaders/osgcomputeshaders.cpp
+++ b/examples/osgcomputeshaders/osgcomputeshaders.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
     tex2D->setSourceFormat( GL_RED );
     tex2D->setSourceType( GL_FLOAT );
     // So we can use 'image2D' in the compute shader
-    osg::ref_ptr<osg::BindImageTexture> imagbinding = new osg::BindImageTexture(0, tex2D, osg::BindImageTexture::WRITE_ONLY, GL_R32F);
+    osg::ref_ptr<osg::BindImageTexture> imagbinding = new osg::BindImageTexture(0, tex2D.get(), osg::BindImageTexture::WRITE_ONLY, GL_R32F);
 
 
     // The compute shader can't work with other kinds of shaders
diff --git a/examples/osggpucull/osggpucull.cpp b/examples/osggpucull/osggpucull.cpp
index ddf045f83..9001c8616 100644
--- a/examples/osggpucull/osggpucull.cpp
+++ b/examples/osggpucull/osggpucull.cpp
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ struct IndirectTarget
         indirectCommandTextureBuffer->setInternalFormat( GL_R32I );
         indirectCommandTextureBuffer->setUnRefImageDataAfterApply(false);
 
-        indirectCommandImageBinding=new osg::BindImageTexture(index, indirectCommandTextureBuffer, osg::BindImageTexture::READ_WRITE, GL_R32I);
+        indirectCommandImageBinding=new osg::BindImageTexture(index, indirectCommandTextureBuffer.get(), osg::BindImageTexture::READ_WRITE, GL_R32I);
 
         // add proper primitivesets to geometryAggregators
         if( !useMultiDrawArraysIndirect ) // use glDrawArraysIndirect()
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ struct IndirectTarget
         instanceTarget = new osg::TextureBuffer(instanceTargetImage);
         instanceTarget->setInternalFormat( internalFormat );
 
-        instanceTargetimagebinding = new osg::BindImageTexture(OSGGPUCULL_MAXIMUM_INDIRECT_TARGET_NUMBER+index, instanceTarget, osg::BindImageTexture::READ_WRITE, internalFormat);
+        instanceTargetimagebinding = new osg::BindImageTexture(OSGGPUCULL_MAXIMUM_INDIRECT_TARGET_NUMBER+index, instanceTarget.get(), osg::BindImageTexture::READ_WRITE, internalFormat);
 
     }
 
diff --git a/examples/osgsampler/osgSampler.cpp b/examples/osgsampler/osgSampler.cpp
index 1ab2104fa..4c09d13c1 100644
--- a/examples/osgsampler/osgSampler.cpp
+++ b/examples/osgsampler/osgSampler.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> loadedModel = osgDB::readRefNodeFiles(arguments);
     osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> geode ;
 
-        osg::ref_ptr<osg::Sampler > sampler1, sampler2;
+    osg::ref_ptr<osg::Sampler > sampler1, sampler2;
     if (loadedModel)
     {
         ///ensure loaded have Sampler
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         }
         if(sampler1.valid()&&sampler2.valid()){
             OSG_WARN<<"2samplers manipulator setted"<<std::endl;
-            viewer.addEventHandler(new SamplersKeyboardEventHandler(sampler1, sampler2));
+            viewer.addEventHandler(new SamplersKeyboardEventHandler(sampler1.get(), sampler2.get()));
         }
     }
     else
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         ss->addUniform(new osg::Uniform("tex2",(int)1));
         ss->setAttribute(program.get());
 
-        viewer.addEventHandler(new SamplersKeyboardEventHandler(sampler1, sampler2));
+        viewer.addEventHandler(new SamplersKeyboardEventHandler(sampler1.get(), sampler2.get()));
     }
 
     viewer.addEventHandler(new osgViewer::StatsHandler);
diff --git a/src/osgViewer/CompositeViewer.cpp b/src/osgViewer/CompositeViewer.cpp
index c035fec53..df4a9fcba 100644
--- a/src/osgViewer/CompositeViewer.cpp
+++ b/src/osgViewer/CompositeViewer.cpp
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ void CompositeViewer::eventTraversal()
                     ++vitr)
                 {
                     OSG_INFO<<"Sending EVENT_FOR_ALL_VIEWS event "<<event<<" to view "<<vitr->get()<<std::endl;
-                    viewEventsMap[*vitr].push_back( event );
+                    viewEventsMap[vitr->get()].push_back( event );
                 }
                 break;
             }