diff --git a/unoxml/source/dom/domimplementation.cxx b/unoxml/source/dom/domimplementation.cxx
index 0bd7e5940ac6..c9e5cade0338 100644
--- a/unoxml/source/dom/domimplementation.cxx
+++ b/unoxml/source/dom/domimplementation.cxx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace DOM
         // perhaps it would be helpful to know what the implementation should
         // do to answer this question...
         static rtl::Reference<CDOMImplementation> xDOMImplementation = new CDOMImplementation;
-        return &*xDOMImplementation;
+        return xDOMImplementation.get();
     }
 
     // there is just 1 static instance, so these must not delete it!