diff --git a/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp b/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
index 3854df224..24f2dafc5 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ public:
 
     virtual void apply(osg::Drawable& drawable)
     {
-        if (_kdTreeBuilder.valid() && _markerObject!=drawable.getUserData())
+        if (_kdTreeBuilder.valid() && _markerObject.get()!=drawable.getUserData())
         {
             drawable.accept(*_kdTreeBuilder);
         }
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ public:
     {
         // apply any changes if the texture is not static.
         if (texture.getDataVariance()!=osg::Object::STATIC &&
-            _markerObject!=texture.getUserData())
+            _markerObject.get()!=texture.getUserData())
         {
             if (_changeAutoUnRef)
             {
diff --git a/src/osgUtil/IncrementalCompileOperation.cpp b/src/osgUtil/IncrementalCompileOperation.cpp
index b2645386a..122cf6d6e 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/IncrementalCompileOperation.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/IncrementalCompileOperation.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void StateToCompile::apply(osg::Drawable& drawable)
 
     _drawablesHandled.insert(&drawable);
 
-    if (_markerObject!=drawable.getUserData())
+    if (_markerObject.get()!=drawable.getUserData())
     {
         if (drawable.getDataVariance()!=osg::Object::STATIC)
         {
@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@ void StateToCompile::apply(osg::StateSet& stateset)
     _statesetsHandled.insert(&stateset);
 
     if ((_mode & GLObjectsVisitor::COMPILE_STATE_ATTRIBUTES)!=0 &&
-        _markerObject!=stateset.getUserData())
+        _markerObject.get()!=stateset.getUserData())
     {
         osg::Program* program = dynamic_cast<osg::Program*>(stateset.getAttribute(osg::StateAttribute::PROGRAM));
-        if (program && _markerObject!=program->getUserData())
+        if (program && _markerObject.get()!=program->getUserData())
         {
             _programs.insert(program);
 
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ void StateToCompile::apply(osg::StateSet& stateset)
 void StateToCompile::apply(osg::Texture& texture)
 {
     // don't make any changes if Texture already processed
-    if (_markerObject==texture.getUserData()) return;
+    if (_markerObject.get()==texture.getUserData()) return;
 
     if (_assignPBOToImages)
     {