diff --git a/drawinglayer/source/primitive2d/textlayoutdevice.cxx b/drawinglayer/source/primitive2d/textlayoutdevice.cxx
index d737aae..b6c27c6 100644
--- a/drawinglayer/source/primitive2d/textlayoutdevice.cxx
+++ b/drawinglayer/source/primitive2d/textlayoutdevice.cxx
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ namespace drawinglayer
         {
             scoped_timed_RefDev& rStdRefDevice = the_scoped_timed_RefDev::get();
 
-            if(!rStdRefDevice())
+            if(!rStdRefDevice.get())
                 rStdRefDevice.reset(new ImpTimedRefDev(rStdRefDevice));
 
             return rStdRefDevice->acquireVirtualDevice();
diff --git a/editeng/source/editeng/eerdll.cxx b/editeng/source/editeng/eerdll.cxx
index e9cfd31..0983780 100644
--- a/editeng/source/editeng/eerdll.cxx
+++ b/editeng/source/editeng/eerdll.cxx
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ uno::Reference< linguistic2::XLanguageGuessing > GlobalEditData::GetLanguageGues
 
 OutputDevice* GlobalEditData::GetStdRefDevice()
 {
-    if ( !m_aStdRefDevice() )
+    if ( !m_aStdRefDevice.get() )
     {
         m_aStdRefDevice.reset(new VirtualDevice);
         m_aStdRefDevice->SetMapMode( MAP_TWIP );
diff --git a/sc/source/filter/excel/xechart.cxx b/sc/source/filter/excel/xechart.cxx
index bc0bcc7..4ab778b 100644
--- a/sc/source/filter/excel/xechart.cxx
+++ b/sc/source/filter/excel/xechart.cxx
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ void XclExpChEscherFormat::Convert( const ScfPropertySet& rPropSet, XclChObjectT
 
 bool XclExpChEscherFormat::IsValid() const
 {
-    return maData.mxEscherSet;
+    return maData.mxEscherSet.get();
 }
 
 void XclExpChEscherFormat::Save( XclExpStream& rStrm )
diff --git a/sc/source/filter/excel/xehelper.cxx b/sc/source/filter/excel/xehelper.cxx
index c493560..60fdabb 100644
--- a/sc/source/filter/excel/xehelper.cxx
+++ b/sc/source/filter/excel/xehelper.cxx
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ rtl::OUString XclExpHyperlinkHelper::ProcessUrlField( const SvxURLField& rUrlFie
     if( GetBiff() == EXC_BIFF8 )    // no HLINK records in BIFF2-BIFF7
     {
         // there was/is already a HLINK record
-        mbMultipleUrls = mxLinkRec;
+        mbMultipleUrls = mxLinkRec.get();
 
         mxLinkRec.reset( new XclExpHyperlink( GetRoot(), rUrlField, maScPos ) );
 
diff --git a/sc/source/filter/excel/xichart.cxx b/sc/source/filter/excel/xichart.cxx
index 8310deb..2aced52 100644
--- a/sc/source/filter/excel/xichart.cxx
+++ b/sc/source/filter/excel/xichart.cxx
@@ -2688,7 +2688,7 @@ void XclImpChTypeGroup::Finalize()
     maType.Finalize( bStockChart );
 
     // extended type info
-    maTypeInfo.Set( maType.GetTypeInfo(), mxChart3d, false );
+    maTypeInfo.Set( maType.GetTypeInfo(), mxChart3d.get(), false );
 
     // reverse series order for some unstacked 2D chart types
     if( maTypeInfo.mbReverseSeries && !Is3dChart() && !maType.IsStacked() && !maType.IsPercent() )
diff --git a/sc/source/filter/inc/xichart.hxx b/sc/source/filter/inc/xichart.hxx
index 57538f0..d501cdd 100644
--- a/sc/source/filter/inc/xichart.hxx
+++ b/sc/source/filter/inc/xichart.hxx
@@ -1230,9 +1230,9 @@ public:
     /** Returns true, if the axis contains caption labels. */
     inline bool         HasLabels() const { return !mxTick || mxTick->HasLabels(); }
     /** Returns true, if the axis shows its major grid lines. */
-    inline bool         HasMajorGrid() const { return mxMajorGrid; }
+    inline bool         HasMajorGrid() const { return mxMajorGrid.get(); }
     /** Returns true, if the axis shows its minor grid lines. */
-    inline bool         HasMinorGrid() const { return mxMinorGrid; }
+    inline bool         HasMinorGrid() const { return mxMinorGrid.get(); }
 
     /** Creates an API axis object. */
     XAxisRef            CreateAxis( const XclImpChTypeGroup& rTypeGroup, const XclImpChAxis* pCrossingAxis ) const;
diff --git a/slideshow/source/engine/animatedsprite.cxx b/slideshow/source/engine/animatedsprite.cxx
index e63d600..c6ae6f5 100644
--- a/slideshow/source/engine/animatedsprite.cxx
+++ b/slideshow/source/engine/animatedsprite.cxx
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ namespace slideshow
                 }
             }
 
-            return mpSprite;
+            return mpSprite.get();
         }
 
         void AnimatedSprite::setPixelOffset( const ::basegfx::B2DSize& rPixelOffset )
diff --git a/slideshow/source/engine/animationnodes/animationnodefactory.cxx b/slideshow/source/engine/animationnodes/animationnodefactory.cxx
index bdb6b90..d1795ac 100644
--- a/slideshow/source/engine/animationnodes/animationnodefactory.cxx
+++ b/slideshow/source/engine/animationnodes/animationnodefactory.cxx
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ protected:
 
         // TODO(Q1): This yields circular references, which, it seems, is
         // unavoidable here
-        if( pChild )
+        if( pChild.get() )
             mrParent->appendChildNode( pChild );
     }
 
diff --git a/slideshow/source/engine/shapes/viewshape.cxx b/slideshow/source/engine/shapes/viewshape.cxx
index 20c73de..060ed92 100644
--- a/slideshow/source/engine/shapes/viewshape.cxx
+++ b/slideshow/source/engine/shapes/viewshape.cxx
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ namespace slideshow
                 }
             }
 
-            return io_rCacheEntry.mpRenderer;
+            return io_rCacheEntry.mpRenderer.get();
         }
 
         bool ViewShape::draw( const ::cppcanvas::CanvasSharedPtr&   rDestinationCanvas,
diff --git a/slideshow/source/engine/shapesubset.cxx b/slideshow/source/engine/shapesubset.cxx
index c5636cc..ce92ca2 100644
--- a/slideshow/source/engine/shapesubset.cxx
+++ b/slideshow/source/engine/shapesubset.cxx
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ namespace slideshow
                     maTreeNode );
             }
 
-            return mpSubsetShape;
+            return mpSubsetShape.get();
         }
 
         void ShapeSubset::disableSubsetShape()
diff --git a/slideshow/source/engine/slide/slideanimations.cxx b/slideshow/source/engine/slide/slideanimations.cxx
index 5f5e9f5..d12f29d 100644
--- a/slideshow/source/engine/slide/slideanimations.cxx
+++ b/slideshow/source/engine/slide/slideanimations.cxx
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ namespace slideshow
 
             SHOW_NODE_TREE( mpRootNode );
 
-            return mpRootNode;
+            return mpRootNode.get();
         }
 
         bool SlideAnimations::isAnimated() const
         {
-            if( !mpRootNode )
+            if( !mpRootNode.get() )
                 return false; // no animations there
 
             // query root node about pending animations
diff --git a/slideshow/source/inc/shapeattributelayer.hxx b/slideshow/source/inc/shapeattributelayer.hxx
index 88405f8..b8ea7d1 100644
--- a/slideshow/source/inc/shapeattributelayer.hxx
+++ b/slideshow/source/inc/shapeattributelayer.hxx
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ namespace slideshow
             // ShapeAttributeLayer(const ShapeAttributeLayer&);
             // ShapeAttributeLayer& operator=( const ShapeAttributeLayer& );
 
-            bool haveChild() const { return mpChild; }
+            bool haveChild() const { return mpChild.get(); }
             void updateStateIds();
 
             template< typename T > T calcValue( const T&                   rCurrValue,
diff --git a/sw/source/core/inc/bookmrk.hxx b/sw/source/core/inc/bookmrk.hxx
index 6937a19..09dc159 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/inc/bookmrk.hxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/inc/bookmrk.hxx
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ namespace sw {
 
             virtual bool IsCoveringPosition(const SwPosition& rPos) const;
             virtual bool IsExpanded() const
-                { return m_pPos2; }
+                { return m_pPos2.get(); }
 
             virtual void SetName(const ::rtl::OUString& rName)
                 { m_aName = rName; }
diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/svgdata.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/svgdata.cxx
index f98abcd..4d15ec3 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/svgdata.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/svgdata.cxx
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ SvgData::SvgData(const SvgDataArray& rSvgDataArray, sal_uInt32 nSvgDataArrayLeng
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 SvgData::SvgData(const OUString& rPath):
-    maSvgDataArray(NULL),
+    maSvgDataArray(),
     mnSvgDataArrayLength(0),
     maPath(rPath),
     maRange(),