diff --git a/libs/temporal/tempo.cc b/libs/temporal/tempo.cc
index 0b9dc0170e..fd39fff5e1 100644
--- a/libs/temporal/tempo.cc
+++ b/libs/temporal/tempo.cc
@@ -660,8 +660,7 @@ MeterPoint::get_state () const
 timepos_t
 TempoMetric::reftime() const
 {
-	TempoMap::SharedPtr tmap (TempoMap::use ());
-	return tmap->reftime (*this);
+	return _tempo->map().reftime (*this);
 }
 
 timepos_t