diff --git a/src/rest.cpp b/src/rest.cpp
index 7d7a7d322..6379061f8 100644
--- a/src/rest.cpp
+++ b/src/rest.cpp
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ static bool rest_tx(HTTPRequest* req, const std::string& strURIPart)
     if (!ParseHashStr(hashStr, hash))
         return RESTERR(req, HTTP_BAD_REQUEST, "Invalid hash: " + hashStr);
 
-    CTransaction tx;
+    CTransactionRef tx;
     uint256 hashBlock = uint256();
     if (!GetTransaction(hash, tx, Params().GetConsensus(), hashBlock, true))
         return RESTERR(req, HTTP_NOT_FOUND, hashStr + " not found");
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ static bool rest_tx(HTTPRequest* req, const std::string& strURIPart)
 
     case RF_JSON: {
         UniValue objTx(UniValue::VOBJ);
-        TxToJSON(tx, hashBlock, objTx);
+        TxToJSON(*tx, hashBlock, objTx);
         string strJSON = objTx.write() + "\n";
         req->WriteHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
         req->WriteReply(HTTP_OK, strJSON);
diff --git a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
index ce16870d3..673979886 100644
--- a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
@@ -218,19 +218,19 @@ UniValue getrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
         } 
     }
 
-    CTransaction tx;
+    CTransactionRef tx;
     uint256 hashBlock;
     if (!GetTransaction(hash, tx, Params().GetConsensus(), hashBlock, true))
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "No information available about transaction");
 
-    string strHex = EncodeHexTx(tx);
+    string strHex = EncodeHexTx(*tx);
 
     if (!fVerbose)
         return strHex;
 
     UniValue result(UniValue::VOBJ);
     result.push_back(Pair("hex", strHex));
-    TxToJSON(tx, hashBlock, result);
+    TxToJSON(*tx, hashBlock, result);
     return result;
 }
 
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ UniValue gettxoutproof(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
 
     if (pblockindex == NULL)
     {
-        CTransaction tx;
+        CTransactionRef tx;
         if (!GetTransaction(oneTxid, tx, Params().GetConsensus(), hashBlock, false) || hashBlock.IsNull())
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "Transaction not yet in block");
         if (!mapBlockIndex.count(hashBlock))
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 9cfb5221a..fe3456513 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ bool AcceptToMemoryPool(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState &state, const CTransa
 }
 
 /** Return transaction in txOut, and if it was found inside a block, its hash is placed in hashBlock */
-bool GetTransaction(const uint256 &hash, CTransaction &txOut, const Consensus::Params& consensusParams, uint256 &hashBlock, bool fAllowSlow)
+bool GetTransaction(const uint256 &hash, CTransactionRef &txOut, const Consensus::Params& consensusParams, uint256 &hashBlock, bool fAllowSlow)
 {
     CBlockIndex *pindexSlow = NULL;
 
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ bool GetTransaction(const uint256 &hash, CTransaction &txOut, const Consensus::P
     CTransactionRef ptx = mempool.get(hash);
     if (ptx)
     {
-        txOut = *ptx;
+        txOut = ptx;
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ bool GetTransaction(const uint256 &hash, CTransaction &txOut, const Consensus::P
                 return error("%s: Deserialize or I/O error - %s", __func__, e.what());
             }
             hashBlock = header.GetHash();
-            if (txOut.GetHash() != hash)
+            if (txOut->GetHash() != hash)
                 return error("%s: txid mismatch", __func__);
             return true;
         }
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ bool GetTransaction(const uint256 &hash, CTransaction &txOut, const Consensus::P
         if (ReadBlockFromDisk(block, pindexSlow, consensusParams)) {
             for (const auto& tx : block.vtx) {
                 if (tx->GetHash() == hash) {
-                    txOut = *tx;
+                    txOut = tx;
                     hashBlock = pindexSlow->GetBlockHash();
                     return true;
                 }
diff --git a/src/validation.h b/src/validation.h
index a798cf370..f242c20ab 100644
--- a/src/validation.h
+++ b/src/validation.h
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ bool IsInitialBlockDownload();
  */
 std::string GetWarnings(const std::string& strFor);
 /** Retrieve a transaction (from memory pool, or from disk, if possible) */
-bool GetTransaction(const uint256 &hash, CTransaction &tx, const Consensus::Params& params, uint256 &hashBlock, bool fAllowSlow = false);
+bool GetTransaction(const uint256 &hash, CTransactionRef &tx, const Consensus::Params& params, uint256 &hashBlock, bool fAllowSlow = false);
 /** Find the best known block, and make it the tip of the block chain */
 bool ActivateBestChain(CValidationState& state, const CChainParams& chainparams, const CBlock* pblock = NULL);
 CAmount GetBlockSubsidy(int nHeight, const Consensus::Params& consensusParams);