diff --git a/components/sdlutil/sdlcursormanager.cpp b/components/sdlutil/sdlcursormanager.cpp
index b64b68132..e1a67aff8 100644
--- a/components/sdlutil/sdlcursormanager.cpp
+++ b/components/sdlutil/sdlcursormanager.cpp
@@ -126,14 +126,16 @@ namespace
 
         glViewport(0, 0, width, height);
 
+        osg::ref_ptr<osg::Geometry> geom;
+
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
         // Extra flip needed on Intel graphics OS X systems due to a driver bug
         std::string vendorString = (const char*)glGetString(GL_VENDOR);
         if (vendorString.find("Intel") != std::string::npos)
-            osg::ref_ptr<osg::Geometry> geom = osg::createTexturedQuadGeometry(osg::Vec3(-1,1,0), osg::Vec3(2,0,0), osg::Vec3(0,-2,0));
+            geom = osg::createTexturedQuadGeometry(osg::Vec3(-1,1,0), osg::Vec3(2,0,0), osg::Vec3(0,-2,0));
         else
 #endif
-        osg::ref_ptr<osg::Geometry> geom = osg::createTexturedQuadGeometry(osg::Vec3(-1,-1,0), osg::Vec3(2,0,0), osg::Vec3(0,2,0));
+        geom = osg::createTexturedQuadGeometry(osg::Vec3(-1,-1,0), osg::Vec3(2,0,0), osg::Vec3(0,2,0));
 
         geom->drawImplementation(renderInfo);