diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/cellstore.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/cellstore.cpp
index a8ad6787a..f947d7134 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/cellstore.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/cellstore.cpp
@@ -541,9 +541,9 @@ namespace MWWorld
 
         Make it possible to get the mMergedRefs in the CellStore from elsewhere in the code
     */
-    std::vector<LiveCellRefBase*> *CellStore::getMergedRefs()
+    std::vector<LiveCellRefBase*> &CellStore::getMergedRefs()
     {
-        return &mMergedRefs;
+        return mMergedRefs;
     }
     /*
         End of tes3mp addition
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/cellstore.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/cellstore.hpp
index ddc8db67d..20fba595a 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/cellstore.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/cellstore.hpp
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
 
                 Make it possible to get the mMergedRefs in the CellStore from elsewhere in the code
             */
-            std::vector<LiveCellRefBase*> *getMergedRefs();
+            std::vector<LiveCellRefBase*> &getMergedRefs();
             /*
                 End of tes3mp addition
             */