diff --git a/poppler/PDFDoc.cc b/poppler/PDFDoc.cc
index 2758206..718dbe7 100644
--- a/poppler/PDFDoc.cc
+++ b/poppler/PDFDoc.cc
@@ -1234,6 +1234,8 @@ void PDFDoc::markObject (Object* obj, XRef *xRef, XRef *countRef, Guint numOffse
         } else {
           XRefEntry *entry = countRef->getEntry(obj->getRef().num + numOffset);
           entry->gen++;
+	  if (entry->gen > 9)
+	    break;
         } 
         Object obj1;
         getXRef()->fetch(obj->getRef().num, obj->getRef().gen, &obj1);
diff --git a/utils/pdfseparate.cc b/utils/pdfseparate.cc
index 9e62705..c412c7c 100644
--- a/utils/pdfseparate.cc
+++ b/utils/pdfseparate.cc
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "goo/GooString.h"
 #include "PDFDoc.h"
 #include "ErrorCodes.h"
+#include "GlobalParams.h"
 
 static int firstPage = 0;
 static int lastPage = 0;
@@ -107,7 +108,9 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	exitCode = 0;
       goto err0;
     }
+  globalParams = new GlobalParams();
   extractPages (argv[1], argv[2]);
+  delete globalParams;
 
 err0:
 
diff --git a/utils/pdfunite.cc b/utils/pdfunite.cc
index 3b3d2bb..dbaf68f 100644
--- a/utils/pdfunite.cc
+++ b/utils/pdfunite.cc
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include <poppler-config.h>
 #include <vector>
+#include "GlobalParams.h"
 
 static GBool printVersion = gFalse;
 static GBool printHelp = gFalse;
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
   }
   exitCode = 0;
 
+  globalParams = new GlobalParams();
   for (i = 1; i < argc - 1; i++) {
     GooString *gfileName = new GooString(argv[i]);
     PDFDoc *doc = new PDFDoc(gfileName, NULL, NULL, NULL);
@@ -172,5 +174,6 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
   delete countRef;
   for (j = 0; j < (int) pages.size (); j++) pages[j].free();
   for (i = 0; i < (int) docs.size (); i++) delete docs[i];
+  delete globalParams;
   return exitCode;
 }