diff --git a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/mac/qcoretextfontdatabase.mm b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/mac/qcoretextfontdatabase.mm
index f213f6b04c..86fd2eaa14 100644
--- a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/mac/qcoretextfontdatabase.mm
+++ b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/mac/qcoretextfontdatabase.mm
@@ -223,9 +223,9 @@ void QCoreTextFontDatabase::populateFontDatabase()
 
 void QCoreTextFontDatabase::populateFamily(const QString &familyName)
 {
-    CFMutableDictionaryRef attributes = CFDictionaryCreateMutable(kCFAllocatorDefault, 0, &kCFTypeDictionaryKeyCallBacks, &kCFTypeDictionaryValueCallBacks);
+    QCFType<CFMutableDictionaryRef> attributes = CFDictionaryCreateMutable(kCFAllocatorDefault, 0, &kCFTypeDictionaryKeyCallBacks, &kCFTypeDictionaryValueCallBacks);
     CFDictionaryAddValue(attributes, kCTFontFamilyNameAttribute, QCFString(familyName));
-    CTFontDescriptorRef nameOnlyDescriptor = CTFontDescriptorCreateWithAttributes(attributes);
+    QCFType<CTFontDescriptorRef> nameOnlyDescriptor = CTFontDescriptorCreateWithAttributes(attributes);
 
     // A single family might match several different fonts with different styles eg.
     QCFType<CFArrayRef> matchingFonts = (CFArrayRef) CTFontDescriptorCreateMatchingFontDescriptors(nameOnlyDescriptor, 0);