1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/xml/dom/qdom.cpp b/src/xml/dom/qdom.cpp
index 25638717a0..3b1e2a8bb7 100644
--- a/src/xml/dom/qdom.cpp
+++ b/src/xml/dom/qdom.cpp
@@ -7457,6 +7457,7 @@ bool QDomHandler::characters(const QString&  ch)
         QScopedPointer<QDomEntityPrivate> e(new QDomEntityPrivate(doc, 0, entityName,
                 QString(), QString(), QString()));
         e->value = ch;
+        e->ref.deref();
         doc->doctype()->appendChild(e.data());
         e.take();
         n.reset(doc->createEntityReference(entityName));