diff --git a/vcl/inc/unx/fontmanager.hxx b/vcl/inc/unx/fontmanager.hxx
index d796aba7e944..0ce8ff437c69 100644
--- a/vcl/inc/unx/fontmanager.hxx
+++ b/vcl/inc/unx/fontmanager.hxx
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ public:
     in different fonts in e.g. english and japanese
      */
     void matchFont( FastPrintFontInfo& rInfo, const css::lang::Locale& rLocale );
-    static FontConfigFontOptions* getFontOptions( const FastPrintFontInfo&, int nSize);
+    static std::unique_ptr<FontConfigFontOptions> getFontOptions( const FastPrintFontInfo&, int nSize);
 
     void Substitute(FontSelectPattern &rPattern, OUString& rMissingCodes);
 
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/fontmanager/fontconfig.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/fontmanager/fontconfig.cxx
index 003e163d8777..2cb1aee919d9 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/fontmanager/fontconfig.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/fontmanager/fontconfig.cxx
@@ -1092,11 +1092,11 @@ void FontConfigFontOptions::SyncPattern(const OString& rFileName, sal_uInt32 nIn
     FcPatternAddBool(mpPattern, FC_EMBOLDEN, bEmbolden ? FcTrue : FcFalse);
 }
 
-FontConfigFontOptions* PrintFontManager::getFontOptions(const FastPrintFontInfo& rInfo, int nSize)
+std::unique_ptr<FontConfigFontOptions> PrintFontManager::getFontOptions(const FastPrintFontInfo& rInfo, int nSize)
 {
     FontCfgWrapper& rWrapper = FontCfgWrapper::get();
 
-    FontConfigFontOptions* pOptions = nullptr;
+    std::unique_ptr<FontConfigFontOptions> pOptions;
     FcConfig* pConfig = FcConfigGetCurrent();
     FcPattern* pPattern = FcPatternCreate();
 
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ FontConfigFontOptions* PrintFontManager::getFontOptions(const FastPrintFontInfo&
         (void) FcPatternGetInteger(pResult,
             FC_HINT_STYLE, 0, &hintstyle);
 
-        pOptions = new FontConfigFontOptions(pResult);
+        pOptions.reset(new FontConfigFontOptions(pResult));
     }
 
     // cleanup
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/glyphs/freetype_glyphcache.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/glyphs/freetype_glyphcache.cxx
index 42eff115aaee..691b3f004f12 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/glyphs/freetype_glyphcache.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/glyphs/freetype_glyphcache.cxx
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ FreetypeFont::FreetypeFont(LogicalFontInstance* pFontInstance, FreetypeFontInfo*
 
 namespace
 {
-    FontConfigFontOptions* GetFCFontOptions( const FontAttributes& rFontAttributes, int nSize)
+    std::unique_ptr<FontConfigFontOptions> GetFCFontOptions( const FontAttributes& rFontAttributes, int nSize)
     {
         psp::FastPrintFontInfo aInfo;
 
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ const FontConfigFontOptions* FreetypeFont::GetFontOptions() const
 {
     if (!mxFontOptions)
     {
-        mxFontOptions.reset(GetFCFontOptions(mpFontInfo->GetFontAttributes(), mpFontInstance->GetFontSelectPattern().mnHeight));
+        mxFontOptions = GetFCFontOptions(mpFontInfo->GetFontAttributes(), mpFontInstance->GetFontSelectPattern().mnHeight);
         mxFontOptions->SyncPattern(GetFontFileName(), GetFontFaceIndex(), GetFontFaceVariation(), NeedsArtificialBold());
     }
     return mxFontOptions.get();