diff --git a/include/Dialog_Base_Partition.h b/include/Dialog_Base_Partition.h
index ea651164..5397aea2 100644
--- a/include/Dialog_Base_Partition.h
+++ b/include/Dialog_Base_Partition.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public:
 	~Dialog_Base_Partition( ) ;
 
 	void Set_Resizer( bool extended ) ;
-	Partition Get_New_Partition( Byte_Value sector_size ) ;
+	const Partition & Get_New_Partition( Byte_Value sector_size );
 	
 protected:
 	enum SPINBUTTON {
diff --git a/include/Dialog_Partition_Copy.h b/include/Dialog_Partition_Copy.h
index daadbffe..f91aae02 100644
--- a/include/Dialog_Partition_Copy.h
+++ b/include/Dialog_Partition_Copy.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public:
 	Dialog_Partition_Copy( const FS & fs, const Partition & selected_partition,
 	                       const Partition & copied_partition );
 
-	Partition Get_New_Partition( Byte_Value sector_size ) ;
+	const Partition & Get_New_Partition( Byte_Value sector_size );
 
 private:
 	void set_data( const Partition & selected_partition, const Partition & copied_partition );
diff --git a/include/Dialog_Partition_New.h b/include/Dialog_Partition_New.h
index ce06dad7..4ce9828b 100644
--- a/include/Dialog_Partition_New.h
+++ b/include/Dialog_Partition_New.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public:
 	                     bool any_extended,
 	                     unsigned short new_count,
 	                     const std::vector<FS> & FILESYSTEMS );
-	Partition Get_New_Partition( Byte_Value sector_size ) ;//overridden function
+	const Partition & Get_New_Partition( Byte_Value sector_size );
 
 private:
 	void set_data( const Device & device,
diff --git a/src/Dialog_Base_Partition.cc b/src/Dialog_Base_Partition.cc
index 8ff1fcd1..d58cee41 100644
--- a/src/Dialog_Base_Partition.cc
+++ b/src/Dialog_Base_Partition.cc
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ void Dialog_Base_Partition::Set_Resizer( bool extended )
 	this ->show_all_children() ;
 }
 
-Partition Dialog_Base_Partition::Get_New_Partition( Byte_Value sector_size )
+const Partition & Dialog_Base_Partition::Get_New_Partition( Byte_Value sector_size )
 {
 	prepare_new_partition( sector_size );
 	return new_partition;
diff --git a/src/Dialog_Partition_Copy.cc b/src/Dialog_Partition_Copy.cc
index 21963d12..92a9ed15 100644
--- a/src/Dialog_Partition_Copy.cc
+++ b/src/Dialog_Partition_Copy.cc
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ void Dialog_Partition_Copy::set_data( const Partition & selected_partition, cons
 	this ->show_all_children() ;
 }
 
-Partition Dialog_Partition_Copy::Get_New_Partition( Byte_Value sector_size )
+const Partition & Dialog_Partition_Copy::Get_New_Partition( Byte_Value sector_size )
 {
 	//first call baseclass to get the correct new partition
 	Dialog_Base_Partition::prepare_new_partition( sector_size );
diff --git a/src/Dialog_Partition_New.cc b/src/Dialog_Partition_New.cc
index 08c26254..570e4ae9 100644
--- a/src/Dialog_Partition_New.cc
+++ b/src/Dialog_Partition_New.cc
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ void Dialog_Partition_New::set_data( const Device & device,
 	this ->show_all_children() ;
 }
 
-Partition Dialog_Partition_New::Get_New_Partition( Byte_Value sector_size )
+const Partition & Dialog_Partition_New::Get_New_Partition( Byte_Value sector_size )
 {
 	PartitionType part_type ;
 	Sector new_start, new_end;