diff --git a/examples/osgdrawinstanced/osgdrawinstanced.cpp b/examples/osgdrawinstanced/osgdrawinstanced.cpp
index f031d087b..a0a223374 100644
--- a/examples/osgdrawinstanced/osgdrawinstanced.cpp
+++ b/examples/osgdrawinstanced/osgdrawinstanced.cpp
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ createStateSet()
         osg::notify( osg::ALWAYS ) << "Can't open image file osg128.png" << std::endl;
         return( NULL );
     }
-    osg::Texture2D* texLogo = new osg::Texture2D( iLogo );
+    osg::Texture2D* texLogo = new osg::Texture2D( iLogo.get() );
     texLogo->setFilter( osg::Texture2D::MIN_FILTER, osg::Texture2D::LINEAR );
     texLogo->setFilter( osg::Texture2D::MAG_FILTER, osg::Texture2D::LINEAR );
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
     geom->setInitialBound( bb );
     // Add geometric data and the PrimitiveSet. Specify numInstances as 32*32 or 1024.
     createDAIGeometry( *geom, 32*32 );
-    geode->addDrawable( geom );
+    geode->addDrawable( geom.get() );
 
     // Create a StateSet to render the instanced Geometry.
     osg::ref_ptr< osg::StateSet > ss = createStateSet();
diff --git a/examples/osgvolume/osgvolume.cpp b/examples/osgvolume/osgvolume.cpp
index d24fcfeb9..9a2f29103 100644
--- a/examples/osgvolume/osgvolume.cpp
+++ b/examples/osgvolume/osgvolume.cpp
@@ -1249,9 +1249,9 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
     
     osg::ref_ptr<osgVolume::Volume> volume = new osgVolume::Volume;
     osg::ref_ptr<osgVolume::VolumeTile> tile = new osgVolume::VolumeTile;
-    volume->addChild(tile);
+    volume->addChild(tile.get());
 
-    osg::ref_ptr<osgVolume::Layer> layer = new osgVolume::ImageLayer(image_3d);
+    osg::ref_ptr<osgVolume::Layer> layer = new osgVolume::ImageLayer(image_3d.get());
 
     if (matrix)
     {