diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 72b7c5faeaa72..e2a1a27a889ec 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ---
 refs/heads/gh-pages: 82f76fd1a3f5d9423d7c163d852a0c36647fc4ea
-"refs/heads/CMSSW_7_1_X": ebab38837227fd559ec16c55a25f7e64c9ef532f
+"refs/heads/CMSSW_7_1_X": 27793763ca362b28a76dad7e07062c0dfa74feae
diff --git a/trunk/CondCore/IOVService/src/IOVProxy.cc b/trunk/CondCore/IOVService/src/IOVProxy.cc
index 96bb30fcd9a73..6e9ba3778204c 100644
--- a/trunk/CondCore/IOVService/src/IOVProxy.cc
+++ b/trunk/CondCore/IOVService/src/IOVProxy.cc
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ namespace cond {
 	db.commit();   
 	cond::reflexTypeByToken(ptok);
 	db.start(true);
-	iov =   pool::Ref<cond::IOVSequence>(&(pooldb.poolDataSvc()),token);
+	pool::Ref<cond::IOVSequence> temp(&(pooldb.poolDataSvc()),token);
+	iov.copyShallow(temp);
 	if (keepOpen) return;
-	*iov;
 	pooldb.commit();
       }
       ~IOVImpl(){