2 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/unotools/inc/unotools/fontcfg.hxx b/unotools/inc/unotools/fontcfg.hxx
index 6c2295805afd..136147a095d4 100644
--- a/unotools/inc/unotools/fontcfg.hxx
+++ b/unotools/inc/unotools/fontcfg.hxx
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class UNOTOOLS_DLLPUBLIC DefaultFontConfiguration
     public:
     ~DefaultFontConfiguration();
 
-    static DefaultFontConfiguration* get();
+    static DefaultFontConfiguration& get();
 
     rtl::OUString getDefaultFont( const com::sun::star::lang::Locale& rLocale, int nType ) const;
     rtl::OUString getUserInterfaceFont( const com::sun::star::lang::Locale& rLocale ) const;
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/fontcfg.cxx b/unotools/source/config/fontcfg.cxx
index c3dc28acf079..5786e96af8cc 100644
--- a/unotools/source/config/fontcfg.cxx
+++ b/unotools/source/config/fontcfg.cxx
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ using namespace com::sun::star::container;
 
 using ::rtl::OUString;
 
-static DefaultFontConfiguration* mpDefaultFontConfiguration = 0;
-
 /*
  * DefaultFontConfiguration
  */
@@ -98,11 +96,10 @@ static const char* getKeyType( int nKeyType )
     }
 }
 
-DefaultFontConfiguration* DefaultFontConfiguration::get()
+DefaultFontConfiguration& DefaultFontConfiguration::get()
 {
-    if( !mpDefaultFontConfiguration )
-        mpDefaultFontConfiguration = new DefaultFontConfiguration();
-    return mpDefaultFontConfiguration;
+    static DefaultFontConfiguration aDefaultFontConfiguration;
+    return aDefaultFontConfiguration;
 }
 
 DefaultFontConfiguration::DefaultFontConfiguration()