diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Object/ObjectRef.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Object/ObjectRef.hpp
index 8ea33dfe..447ecde8 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Object/ObjectRef.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Object/ObjectRef.hpp
@@ -264,7 +264,9 @@ struct Converter<ObjectRef> {
   static ObjectRef fromJson(VariantRef src) {
     VariantData* data = getData(src);
     MemoryPool* pool = getPool(src);
-    return ObjectRef(pool, data != 0 ? data->asObject() : 0);
+    if (!data)
+      return ObjectRef();
+    return ObjectRef(pool, data->asObject());
   }
 
   static InvalidConversion<VariantConstRef, ObjectRef> fromJson(
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp
index 1d57c6a4..9b293e89 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp
@@ -108,8 +108,6 @@ class VariantData {
   }
 
   const CollectionData *asObject() const {
-    if (isPointer())  // P+20 G+0
-      return _content.asPointer->asObject();
     return const_cast<VariantData *>(this)->asObject();
   }
 
@@ -321,7 +319,7 @@ class VariantData {
 
   template <typename TAdaptedString>
   VariantData *getMember(TAdaptedString key) const {  // P+4 G+0
-    const CollectionData *col = asObject();
+    const CollectionData *col = resolve()->asObject();
     return col ? col->getMember(key) : 0;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantFunctions.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantFunctions.hpp
index 8890597e..e36e3559 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantFunctions.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantFunctions.hpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ inline const CollectionData *variantAsArray(const VariantData *var) {
 }
 
 inline const CollectionData *variantAsObject(const VariantData *var) {
-  return var != 0 ? var->asObject() : 0;
+  return var != 0 ? var->resolve()->asObject() : 0;
 }
 
 inline CollectionData *variantAsObject(VariantData *var) {