From 6f3c784b5158eca0e43a1d4d38fccae59d3f4520 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zhehang Ding <zhehangd@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2022 23:30:31 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Ref return

---
 include/godot_cpp/classes/ref.hpp | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/godot_cpp/classes/ref.hpp b/include/godot_cpp/classes/ref.hpp
index 671551fd6..eb02d02ba 100644
--- a/include/godot_cpp/classes/ref.hpp
+++ b/include/godot_cpp/classes/ref.hpp
@@ -246,7 +246,12 @@ struct PtrToArg<Ref<T>> {
 	typedef Ref<T> EncodeT;
 
 	_FORCE_INLINE_ static void encode(Ref<T> p_val, const void *p_ptr) {
-		*(void **)p_ptr = p_val->_owner;
+		if (p_val != nullptr) {
+			p_val->reference();
+			*(void**)p_ptr = p_val->_owner;
+		} else {
+			*(void**)p_ptr = nullptr;
+		}
 	}
 };