diff --git a/components/terrain/quadtreenode.cpp b/components/terrain/quadtreenode.cpp
index 7583cd09ff..a28554be94 100644
--- a/components/terrain/quadtreenode.cpp
+++ b/components/terrain/quadtreenode.cpp
@@ -150,12 +150,12 @@ void QuadTreeNode::traverseTo(ViewData* vd, float size, const osg::Vec2f& center
     }
 }
 
-void QuadTreeNode::intersect(ViewData* vd, TerrainLineIntersector* intersector)
+void QuadTreeNode::intersect(ViewData* vd, TerrainLineIntersector& intersector)
 {
     if (!hasValidBounds())
         return;
 
-    if (!intersector->intersectAndClip(getBoundingBox()))
+    if (!intersector.intersectAndClip(getBoundingBox()))
         return;
 
     if (getNumChildren() == 0)
diff --git a/components/terrain/quadtreenode.hpp b/components/terrain/quadtreenode.hpp
index 9aaf1beab7..4adbc60250 100644
--- a/components/terrain/quadtreenode.hpp
+++ b/components/terrain/quadtreenode.hpp
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ namespace Terrain
             _parent = intersector;
         }
 
+        TerrainLineIntersector(osgUtil::LineSegmentIntersector* intersector) :
+            osgUtil::LineSegmentIntersector(intersector->getStart(), intersector->getEnd())
+        {
+            setPrecisionHint(intersector->getPrecisionHint());
+            _intersectionLimit = intersector->getIntersectionLimit();
+            _parent = intersector;
+        }
+
         bool intersectAndClip(const osg::BoundingBox& bbInput)
         {
             osg::Vec3d s(_start), e(_end);
@@ -98,7 +106,7 @@ namespace Terrain
         void traverseTo(ViewData* vd, float size, const osg::Vec2f& center);
 
         /// Adds all leaf nodes which intersect the line from start to end
-        void intersect(ViewData* vd, TerrainLineIntersector* intersector);
+        void intersect(ViewData* vd, TerrainLineIntersector& intersector);
 
     private:
         QuadTreeNode* mParent;
diff --git a/components/terrain/quadtreeworld.cpp b/components/terrain/quadtreeworld.cpp
index e8089e1c4d..8dd3a07061 100644
--- a/components/terrain/quadtreeworld.cpp
+++ b/components/terrain/quadtreeworld.cpp
@@ -362,11 +362,17 @@ void QuadTreeWorld::accept(osg::NodeVisitor &nv)
             if (!lineIntersector)
                 throw std::runtime_error("Cannot update QuadTreeWorld: node visitor is not LineSegmentIntersector");
 
-            osg::Matrix matrix = osg::Matrix::identity();
             if (lineIntersector->getCoordinateFrame() == osgUtil::Intersector::CoordinateFrame::MODEL && iv->getModelMatrix() == 0)
-                matrix = lineIntersector->getTransformation(*iv, osgUtil::Intersector::CoordinateFrame::MODEL);
-            osg::ref_ptr<TerrainLineIntersector> terrainIntersector (new TerrainLineIntersector(lineIntersector, matrix));
-            mRootNode->intersect(vd, terrainIntersector);
+            {
+                TerrainLineIntersector terrainIntersector(lineIntersector);
+                mRootNode->intersect(vd, terrainIntersector);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                osg::Matrix matrix(lineIntersector->getTransformation(*iv, lineIntersector->getCoordinateFrame()));
+                TerrainLineIntersector terrainIntersector(lineIntersector, matrix);
+                mRootNode->intersect(vd, terrainIntersector);
+            }
         }
     }