diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llsafehandle.h b/indra/llcommon/llsafehandle.h
index 4226bf04f0610d5f7b51d7455b09edc158a38ef8..af1c26dd4f59e716e36ac68be3292feb059ec4ce 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/llsafehandle.h
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llsafehandle.h
@@ -112,10 +112,6 @@ class LLSafeHandle
 		return *this; 
 	}
 
-public:
-	typedef Type* (*NullFunc)();
-	static const NullFunc sNullFunc;
-
 protected:
 	void ref()                             
 	{ 
@@ -155,6 +151,12 @@ class LLSafeHandle
 		return ptr == NULL ? sNullFunc() : ptr;
 	}
 
+	static Type* sNullFunc()
+	{
+		static Type sInstance;
+		return &sInstance;
+	}
+
 protected:
 	Type*	mPointer;
 };
diff --git a/indra/newview/llparcelselection.cpp b/indra/newview/llparcelselection.cpp
index 4d1901adc924ee68233cfc7c465bfb720c873a79..5c62159b9394874332f3f836de0c66a25c896655 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llparcelselection.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llparcelselection.cpp
@@ -31,13 +31,6 @@
 #include "llparcel.h"
 
 
-// static
-LLPointer<LLParcelSelection> LLParcelSelection::sNullSelection;
-
-template<>
-	const LLSafeHandle<LLParcelSelection>::NullFunc
-		LLSafeHandle<LLParcelSelection>::sNullFunc = LLParcelSelection::getNullParcelSelection;
-
 //
 // LLParcelSelection
 //
@@ -87,14 +80,3 @@ bool LLParcelSelection::hasOthersSelected() const
 {
 	return mSelectedOtherCount != 0;
 }
-
-// static
-LLParcelSelection* LLParcelSelection::getNullParcelSelection()
-{
-	if (sNullSelection.isNull())
-	{
-		sNullSelection = new LLParcelSelection;
-	}
-
-	return sNullSelection;
-}
diff --git a/indra/newview/llparcelselection.h b/indra/newview/llparcelselection.h
index 1cbdfc6f74bd5eeeedfccdeb5845b240c6ab9a19..06d9141efb1b08bf35996d7e0643293b25d060ff 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llparcelselection.h
+++ b/indra/newview/llparcelselection.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class LLParcel;
 class LLParcelSelection : public LLRefCount
 {
 	friend class LLViewerParcelMgr;
+	friend class LLSafeHandle<LLParcelSelection>;
 
 protected:
 	~LLParcelSelection();
@@ -61,8 +62,6 @@ class LLParcelSelection : public LLRefCount
 	// Is the entire parcel selected, or just a part?
 	BOOL	getWholeParcelSelected() const;
 
-	static LLParcelSelection* getNullParcelSelection();
-
 private:
 	void setParcel(LLParcel* parcel) { mParcel = parcel; }
 
@@ -73,8 +72,6 @@ class LLParcelSelection : public LLRefCount
 	S32			mSelectedSelfCount;
 	S32			mSelectedOtherCount;
 	S32			mSelectedPublicCount;
-
-	static LLPointer<LLParcelSelection> sNullSelection;
 };
 
 typedef LLSafeHandle<LLParcelSelection> LLParcelSelectionHandle;
diff --git a/indra/newview/llselectmgr.cpp b/indra/newview/llselectmgr.cpp
index ee7c22800aa811c9c282008c9c4e2969643fa5ee..cbcd905ab6e5d0a0790912e79fd8d97cc26a3f10 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llselectmgr.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llselectmgr.cpp
@@ -132,11 +132,6 @@ LLColor4 LLSelectMgr::sHighlightParentColor;
 LLColor4 LLSelectMgr::sHighlightChildColor;
 LLColor4 LLSelectMgr::sContextSilhouetteColor;
 
-static LLObjectSelection *get_null_object_selection();
-template<> 
-	const LLSafeHandle<LLObjectSelection>::NullFunc 
-		LLSafeHandle<LLObjectSelection>::sNullFunc = get_null_object_selection;
-
 //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 // struct LLDeRezInfo
 //
@@ -156,27 +151,15 @@ struct LLDeRezInfo
 //
 
 
-static LLPointer<LLObjectSelection> sNullSelection;
-
 //
 // Functions
 //
 
 void LLSelectMgr::cleanupGlobals()
 {
-	sNullSelection = NULL;
 	LLSelectMgr::getInstance()->clearSelections();
 }
 
-LLObjectSelection *get_null_object_selection()
-{
-	if (sNullSelection.isNull())
-	{
-		sNullSelection = new LLObjectSelection;
-	}
-	return sNullSelection;
-}
-
 // Build time optimization, generate this function once here
 template class LLSelectMgr* LLSingleton<class LLSelectMgr>::getInstance();
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/indra/newview/llselectmgr.h b/indra/newview/llselectmgr.h
index 2a893af266c3aa8b5bd76a8ced034c925ce9baf4..fbf889b2f1908f5ed12944430211f9ce2ed9ff00 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llselectmgr.h
+++ b/indra/newview/llselectmgr.h
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ class LLSelectNode
 class LLObjectSelection : public LLRefCount
 {
 	friend class LLSelectMgr;
+	friend class LLSafeHandle<LLObjectSelection>;
 
 protected:
 	~LLObjectSelection();