diff --git a/libs/ardour/coreaudio_source.cc b/libs/ardour/coreaudio_source.cc
index 5579863768..9cf5318192 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/coreaudio_source.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/coreaudio_source.cc
@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ CoreAudioSource::init (const string& idstr, bool build_peak)
 
 
 	/* note that we temporarily truncated _id at the colon */
-	FSRef* ref;
-	err = FSPathMakeRef ((UInt8*)file.c_str(), ref, 0);
+	FSRef ref;
+	err = FSPathMakeRef ((UInt8*)file.c_str(), &ref, 0);
 	if (err != noErr) {
 		throw failed_constructor();
 	}
 
-	err = ExtAudioFileOpen (ref, &af);
+	err = ExtAudioFileOpen (&ref, &af);
 	if (err != noErr) {
 		ExtAudioFileDispose (af);
 		throw failed_constructor();
diff --git a/libs/ardour/sndfile_helpers.cc b/libs/ardour/sndfile_helpers.cc
index af9816c29c..64a05e4734 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/sndfile_helpers.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/sndfile_helpers.cc
@@ -221,18 +221,18 @@ get_soundfile_info (string path, SoundFileInfo& _info)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_COREAUDIO
 	OSStatus err = noErr;
-    FSRef* ref; 
+    FSRef ref; 
 	ExtAudioFileRef af = 0;
 	size_t size;
     CFStringRef name;
 
-    err = FSPathMakeRef ((UInt8*)path.c_str(), ref, 0);
+    err = FSPathMakeRef ((UInt8*)path.c_str(), &ref, 0);
 	if (err != noErr) {
         ExtAudioFileDispose (af);
 		goto libsndfile;
 	}
 
-	err = ExtAudioFileOpen(ref, &af);
+	err = ExtAudioFileOpen(&ref, &af);
 	if (err != noErr) {
         ExtAudioFileDispose (af);
 		goto libsndfile;