diff --git a/include/xmloff/xmlexp.hxx b/include/xmloff/xmlexp.hxx
index 96a1ded32f68..7fbcb4196cf4 100644
--- a/include/xmloff/xmlexp.hxx
+++ b/include/xmloff/xmlexp.hxx
@@ -131,8 +131,7 @@ class XMLOFF_DLLPUBLIC SvXMLExport : public cppu::WeakImplHelper<
     css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySet > mxExportInfo;
     css::uno::Reference< css::lang::XEventListener > mxEventListener;
 
-    SvXMLAttributeList          *mpAttrList;        // a common attribute list
-    css::uno::Reference< css::xml::sax::XAttributeList >          mxAttrList;     // and an interface of it
+    rtl::Reference<SvXMLAttributeList>          mxAttrList;        // a common attribute list
 
     OUString     msOrigFileName; // the original URL
     OUString     msGraphicObjectProtocol;
@@ -377,8 +376,8 @@ public:
                                   css::xml::sax::XAttributeList >& xAttrList );
 
     // Get common attribute list as implementation or interface.
-    SvXMLAttributeList &GetAttrList() { return *mpAttrList; }
-    const css::uno::Reference< css::xml::sax::XAttributeList > & GetXAttrList() { return mxAttrList; }
+    SvXMLAttributeList &GetAttrList() { return *mxAttrList.get(); }
+    css::uno::Reference< css::xml::sax::XAttributeList > GetXAttrList() { return mxAttrList.get(); }
 
     // Get document handler. This methods are not const, because the
     // reference allowes modifications through the handler.
diff --git a/xmloff/source/core/xmlexp.cxx b/xmloff/source/core/xmlexp.cxx
index b46af12a233a..3666cfa761b1 100644
--- a/xmloff/source/core/xmlexp.cxx
+++ b/xmloff/source/core/xmlexp.cxx
@@ -393,8 +393,6 @@ void SvXMLExport::InitCtor_()
             GetXMLToken(XML_NP_CSS3TEXT), GetXMLToken(XML_N_CSS3TEXT), XML_NAMESPACE_CSS3TEXT );
     }
 
-    mxAttrList = static_cast<xml::sax::XAttributeList*>(mpAttrList);
-
     msGraphicObjectProtocol = "vnd.sun.star.GraphicObject:";
     msEmbeddedObjectProtocol = "vnd.sun.star.EmbeddedObject:";
 
@@ -434,7 +432,7 @@ SvXMLExport::SvXMLExport(
     const enum XMLTokenEnum eClass, SvXMLExportFlags nExportFlags )
 :   mpImpl( new SvXMLExport_Impl ),
     m_xContext(xContext), m_implementationName(implementationName),
-    mpAttrList( new SvXMLAttributeList ),
+    mxAttrList( new SvXMLAttributeList ),
     mpNamespaceMap( new SvXMLNamespaceMap ),
     mpUnitConv( new SvXMLUnitConverter( xContext,
                 util::MeasureUnit::MM_100TH, eDefaultMeasureUnit) ),
@@ -463,7 +461,7 @@ SvXMLExport::SvXMLExport(
     m_xContext(xContext), m_implementationName(implementationName),
     mxHandler( rHandler ),
     mxExtHandler( rHandler, uno::UNO_QUERY ),
-    mpAttrList( new SvXMLAttributeList ),
+    mxAttrList( new SvXMLAttributeList ),
     msOrigFileName( rFileName ),
     mpNamespaceMap( new SvXMLNamespaceMap ),
     mpUnitConv( new SvXMLUnitConverter( xContext,
@@ -500,7 +498,7 @@ SvXMLExport::SvXMLExport(
     mxHandler( rHandler ),
     mxExtHandler( rHandler, uno::UNO_QUERY ),
     mxNumberFormatsSupplier (rModel, uno::UNO_QUERY),
-    mpAttrList( new SvXMLAttributeList ),
+    mxAttrList( new SvXMLAttributeList ),
     msOrigFileName( rFileName ),
     mpNamespaceMap( new SvXMLNamespaceMap ),
     mpUnitConv( new SvXMLUnitConverter( xContext,
@@ -945,7 +943,7 @@ void SvXMLExport::AddAttributeASCII( sal_uInt16 nPrefixKey,
     OUString sName( OUString::createFromAscii( pName ) );
     OUString sValue( OUString::createFromAscii( pValue ) );
 
-    mpAttrList->AddAttribute(
+    mxAttrList->AddAttribute(
         GetNamespaceMap_().GetQNameByKey( nPrefixKey, sName ), sValue );
 }
 
@@ -954,14 +952,14 @@ void SvXMLExport::AddAttribute( sal_uInt16 nPrefixKey, const sal_Char *pName,
 {
     OUString sName( OUString::createFromAscii( pName ) );
 
-    mpAttrList->AddAttribute(
+    mxAttrList->AddAttribute(
         GetNamespaceMap_().GetQNameByKey( nPrefixKey, sName ), rValue );
 }
 
 void SvXMLExport::AddAttribute( sal_uInt16 nPrefixKey, const OUString& rName,
                               const OUString& rValue )
 {
-    mpAttrList->AddAttribute(
+    mxAttrList->AddAttribute(
         GetNamespaceMap_().GetQNameByKey( nPrefixKey, rName ), rValue );
 }
 
@@ -969,7 +967,7 @@ void SvXMLExport::AddAttribute( sal_uInt16 nPrefixKey,
                                 enum XMLTokenEnum eName,
                                 const OUString& rValue )
 {
-    mpAttrList->AddAttribute(
+    mxAttrList->AddAttribute(
         GetNamespaceMap_().GetQNameByKey( nPrefixKey, GetXMLToken(eName) ),
         rValue );
 }
@@ -978,7 +976,7 @@ void SvXMLExport::AddAttribute( sal_uInt16 nPrefixKey,
                                 enum XMLTokenEnum eName,
                                 enum XMLTokenEnum eValue)
 {
-    mpAttrList->AddAttribute(
+    mxAttrList->AddAttribute(
         GetNamespaceMap_().GetQNameByKey( nPrefixKey, GetXMLToken(eName) ),
         GetXMLToken(eValue) );
 }
@@ -986,7 +984,7 @@ void SvXMLExport::AddAttribute( sal_uInt16 nPrefixKey,
 void SvXMLExport::AddAttribute( const OUString& rQName,
                                 const OUString& rValue )
 {
-      mpAttrList->AddAttribute(
+      mxAttrList->AddAttribute(
         rQName,
         rValue );
 }
@@ -994,7 +992,7 @@ void SvXMLExport::AddAttribute( const OUString& rQName,
 void SvXMLExport::AddAttribute( const OUString& rQName,
                                 enum ::xmloff::token::XMLTokenEnum eValue )
 {
-      mpAttrList->AddAttribute(
+      mxAttrList->AddAttribute(
         rQName,
         GetXMLToken(eValue) );
 }
@@ -1061,18 +1059,18 @@ void SvXMLExport::AddLanguageTagAttributes( sal_uInt16 nPrefix, sal_uInt16 nPref
 void SvXMLExport::AddAttributeList( const uno::Reference< xml::sax::XAttributeList >& xAttrList )
 {
     if( xAttrList.is())
-        mpAttrList->AppendAttributeList( xAttrList );
+        mxAttrList->AppendAttributeList( xAttrList );
 }
 
 void SvXMLExport::ClearAttrList()
 {
-    mpAttrList->Clear();
+    mxAttrList->Clear();
 }
 
 #ifdef DBG_UTIL
 void SvXMLExport::CheckAttrList()
 {
-    SAL_WARN_IF( mpAttrList->getLength(), "xmloff.core", "XMLExport::CheckAttrList: list is not empty" );
+    SAL_WARN_IF( mxAttrList->getLength(), "xmloff.core", "XMLExport::CheckAttrList: list is not empty" );
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -1350,7 +1348,7 @@ sal_uInt32 SvXMLExport::exportDoc( enum ::xmloff::token::XMLTokenEnum eClass )
     sal_uInt16 nPos = mpNamespaceMap->GetFirstKey();
     while( USHRT_MAX != nPos )
     {
-        mpAttrList->AddAttribute( mpNamespaceMap->GetAttrNameByKey( nPos ),
+        mxAttrList->AddAttribute( mpNamespaceMap->GetAttrNameByKey( nPos ),
                                   mpNamespaceMap->GetNameByKey( nPos ) );
         nPos = mpNamespaceMap->GetNextKey( nPos );
     }