diff --git a/src/osgAnimation/MorphGeometry.cpp b/src/osgAnimation/MorphGeometry.cpp
index 6fc7b0a39..f195e6833 100644
--- a/src/osgAnimation/MorphGeometry.cpp
+++ b/src/osgAnimation/MorphGeometry.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ void MorphGeometry::transformSoftwareMethod()
         // See if we have an internal optimized geometry
         osg::Geometry* morphGeometry = this;
         if (_internalOptimizedGeometry.valid())
-            morphGeometry = _internalOptimizedGeometry;
+            morphGeometry = _internalOptimizedGeometry.get();
 
         osg::Vec3Array* pos = dynamic_cast<osg::Vec3Array*>(morphGeometry->getVertexArray());
         if (pos && _positionSource.size() != pos->size())
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/osgAnimation/ReaderWriter.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/osgAnimation/ReaderWriter.cpp
index b9b054a34..2f0b8f0f4 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/osgAnimation/ReaderWriter.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/osgAnimation/ReaderWriter.cpp
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ bool Animation_writeLocalData(const Object& obj, Output& fw)
     fw.indent() << "num_channels " << anim.getChannels().size()  << std::endl;
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < anim.getChannels().size(); i++) 
     {
-        osgAnimation::Channel* pChannel = anim.getChannels()[i];
+        osgAnimation::Channel* pChannel = anim.getChannels()[i].get();
 
         osgAnimation::DoubleLinearChannel* pDlc = dynamic_cast<osgAnimation::DoubleLinearChannel*>(pChannel);
         if (pDlc)