diff --git a/poppler/PDFDoc.cc b/poppler/PDFDoc.cc
index 71a1efe..435b30f 100644
--- a/poppler/PDFDoc.cc
+++ b/poppler/PDFDoc.cc
@@ -615,9 +615,12 @@ int PDFDoc::savePageAs(GooString *name, int pageNo)
 {
   FILE *f;
   OutStream *outStr;
-  XRef *yRef, *countRef;
+  XRef *yRef, *countRef, *savedXRef;
   int rootNum = getXRef()->getNumObjects() + 1;
 
+  savedXRef = xref;
+  xref = xref->copy();
+
   // Make sure that special flags are set, because we are going to read
   // all objects, including Unencrypted ones.
   xref->scanSpecialFlags();
@@ -775,6 +778,9 @@ int PDFDoc::savePageAs(GooString *name, int pageNo)
   delete countRef;
   delete outStr;
 
+  delete xref;
+  xref = savedXRef;
+
   return errNone;
 }