diff --git a/db/queryoptimizer.cpp b/db/queryoptimizer.cpp
index 25a123eacac..ce9d68d1087 100644
--- a/db/queryoptimizer.cpp
+++ b/db/queryoptimizer.cpp
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ namespace mongo {
     mayRecordPlan_( true ),
     usingPrerecordedPlan_( false ),
     hint_( emptyObj ),
-    order_( order.copy() ),
+    order_( order.getOwned() ),
     oldNScanned_( 0 ),
     honorRecordedPlan_( honorRecordedPlan ) {
         if ( hint && !hint->eoo() ) {
diff --git a/db/queryutil.cpp b/db/queryutil.cpp
index 64afe9ac464..76f605e91c2 100644
--- a/db/queryutil.cpp
+++ b/db/queryutil.cpp
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ namespace mongo {
     
     FieldBoundSet::FieldBoundSet( const char *ns, const BSONObj &query ) :
     ns_( ns ),
-    query_( query.copy() ) {
+    query_( query.getOwned() ) {
         BSONObjIterator i( query_ );
         while( i.more() ) {
             BSONElement e = i.next();