diff --git a/xmlscript/source/xmldlg_imexp/imp_share.hxx b/xmlscript/source/xmldlg_imexp/imp_share.hxx
index 99a52b58dcb1..2cc574c01b93 100644
--- a/xmlscript/source/xmldlg_imexp/imp_share.hxx
+++ b/xmlscript/source/xmldlg_imexp/imp_share.hxx
@@ -531,6 +531,8 @@ public:
 class BulletinBoardElement
     : public ControlElement
 {
+    // we are the owner of this, so have to keep a reference to it
+    rtl::Reference<DialogImport> mxDialogImport;
 public:
     virtual css::uno::Reference< css::xml::input::XElement >
     SAL_CALL startChildElement(
diff --git a/xmlscript/source/xmldlg_imexp/xmldlg_impmodels.cxx b/xmlscript/source/xmldlg_imexp/xmldlg_impmodels.cxx
index da2fd2d2c412..66a69a2b5518 100644
--- a/xmlscript/source/xmldlg_imexp/xmldlg_impmodels.cxx
+++ b/xmlscript/source/xmldlg_imexp/xmldlg_impmodels.cxx
@@ -1725,7 +1725,8 @@ BulletinBoardElement::BulletinBoardElement(
     OUString const & rLocalName,
     Reference< xml::input::XAttributes > const & xAttributes,
     ElementBase * pParent, DialogImport * pImport )
-    : ControlElement( rLocalName, xAttributes, pParent, pImport )
+    : ControlElement( rLocalName, xAttributes, pParent, pImport ),
+      mxDialogImport(pImport)
 {
     OUString aValue( _xAttributes->getValueByUidName( m_pImport->XMLNS_DIALOGS_UID, "left" ) );
     if (!aValue.isEmpty())