diff --git a/editeng/inc/editeng/unoipset.hxx b/editeng/inc/editeng/unoipset.hxx
index 3cd3053e4c3e..8a28df5cbe28 100644
--- a/editeng/inc/editeng/unoipset.hxx
+++ b/editeng/inc/editeng/unoipset.hxx
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ public:
     sal_Bool AreThereOwnUsrAnys() const { return (pCombiList ? sal_True : sal_False); }
     ::com::sun::star::uno::Any* GetUsrAnyForID(sal_uInt16 nWID) const;
     void AddUsrAnyForID(const ::com::sun::star::uno::Any& rAny, sal_uInt16 nWID);
+    void ClearAllUsrAny();
 
     com::sun::star::uno::Reference< ::com::sun::star::beans::XPropertySetInfo > getPropertySetInfo() const;
     const SfxItemPropertyMapEntry* getPropertyMapEntries() const {return _pMap;}
diff --git a/editeng/source/uno/unoipset.cxx b/editeng/source/uno/unoipset.cxx
index 39ab3507c5d3..6ba232010390 100644
--- a/editeng/source/uno/unoipset.cxx
+++ b/editeng/source/uno/unoipset.cxx
@@ -71,15 +71,7 @@ SvxItemPropertySet::SvxItemPropertySet( const SfxItemPropertyMapEntry* pMap, Sfx
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 SvxItemPropertySet::~SvxItemPropertySet()
 {
-/*
-    if(pItemPool)
-        delete pItemPool;
-    pItemPool = NULL;
-*/
-
-    if(pCombiList)
-        delete pCombiList;
-    pCombiList = NULL;
+    ClearAllUsrAny();
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -111,6 +103,17 @@ void SvxItemPropertySet::AddUsrAnyForID(const uno::Any& rAny, sal_uInt16 nWID)
     pCombiList->Insert(pNew);
 }
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+void SvxItemPropertySet::ClearAllUsrAny()
+{
+    if(pCombiList)
+        delete pCombiList;
+    pCombiList = NULL;
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 sal_Bool SvxUnoCheckForPositiveValue( const uno::Any& rVal )
 {
     sal_Bool bConvert = sal_True; // the default is that all metric items must be converted
diff --git a/svx/source/unodraw/unoshape.cxx b/svx/source/unodraw/unoshape.cxx
index d860f4973fd2..9c5affc38f9b 100644
--- a/svx/source/unodraw/unoshape.cxx
+++ b/svx/source/unodraw/unoshape.cxx
@@ -708,6 +708,7 @@ void SvxItemPropertySet_ObtainSettingsFromPropertySet(const SvxItemPropertySet&
             // next entry
             ++aSrcIt;
         }
+        const_cast< SvxItemPropertySet& >(rPropSet).ClearAllUsrAny();
     }
 }