diff --git a/poppler/Function.cc b/poppler/Function.cc
index 409b679..a8fcd85 100644
--- a/poppler/Function.cc
+++ b/poppler/Function.cc
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
 }
 
 Function *Function::parse(Object *funcObj) {
+  std::set<int> usedParents;
+  return parse(funcObj, &usedParents);
+}
+
+Function *Function::parse(Object *funcObj, std::set<int> *usedParents) {
   Function *func;
   Dict *dict;
   int funcType;
@@ -84,7 +89,7 @@
   } else if (funcType == 2) {
     func = new ExponentialFunction(funcObj, dict);
   } else if (funcType == 3) {
-    func = new StitchingFunction(funcObj, dict);
+    func = new StitchingFunction(funcObj, dict, usedParents);
   } else if (funcType == 4) {
     func = new PostScriptFunction(funcObj, dict);
   } else {
@@ -569,7 +574,7 @@
 // StitchingFunction
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-StitchingFunction::StitchingFunction(Object *funcObj, Dict *dict) {
+StitchingFunction::StitchingFunction(Object *funcObj, Dict *dict, std::set<int> *usedParents) {
   Object obj1, obj2;
   int i;
 
@@ -602,7 +607,18 @@
     funcs[i] = NULL;
   }
   for (i = 0; i < k; ++i) {
-    if (!(funcs[i] = Function::parse(obj1.arrayGet(i, &obj2)))) {
+    obj1.arrayGetNF(i, &obj2);
+    if (obj2.isRef()) {
+      const Ref ref = obj2.getRef();
+      if (usedParents->find(ref.num) == usedParents->end()) {
+        usedParents->insert(ref.num);
+        obj2.free();
+        obj1.arrayGet(i, &obj2);
+      } else {
+        goto err2;
+      }
+    }
+    if (!(funcs[i] = Function::parse(&obj2, usedParents))) {
       goto err2;
     }
     if (i > 0 && (funcs[i]->getInputSize() != 1 ||
diff --git a/poppler/Function.h b/poppler/Function.h
index 2dcccb0..297401c 100644
--- a/poppler/Function.h
+++ b/poppler/Function.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 // All changes made under the Poppler project to this file are licensed
 // under GPL version 2 or later
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2009 Albert Astals Cid <aacid@kde.org>
+// Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Albert Astals Cid <aacid@kde.org>
 //
 // To see a description of the changes please see the Changelog file that
 // came with your tarball or type make ChangeLog if you are building from git
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "goo/gtypes.h"
 #include "Object.h"
+#include <set>
 
 class Dict;
 class Stream;
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@
   virtual GBool isOk() = 0;
 
 protected:
+  static Function *parse(Object *funcObj, std::set<int> *usedParents);
 
   int m, n;			// size of input and output tuples
   double			// min and max values for function domain
@@ -184,7 +186,7 @@
 class StitchingFunction: public Function {
 public:
 
-  StitchingFunction(Object *funcObj, Dict *dict);
+  StitchingFunction(Object *funcObj, Dict *dict, std::set<int> *usedParents);
   virtual ~StitchingFunction();
   virtual Function *copy() { return new StitchingFunction(this); }
   virtual int getType() { return 3; }