diff --git a/inc/MDB2/Driver/sqlite.php b/inc/MDB2/Driver/sqlite.php
index 63b66bf3fb9..abde86d596b 100644
--- a/inc/MDB2/Driver/sqlite.php
+++ b/inc/MDB2/Driver/sqlite.php
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ class MDB2_Result_sqlite extends MDB2_Result_Common
             if ($object_class == 'stdClass') {
                 $row = (object) $row;
             } else {
-                $row = &new $object_class($row);
+                $row = new $object_class($row);
             }
         }
         ++$this->rownum;