diff --git a/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_Component_Generator.cxx b/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_Component_Generator.cxx
index aafbd35cc..0a1a1d9c2 100644
--- a/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_Component_Generator.cxx
+++ b/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_Component_Generator.cxx
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Engines::EngineComponent_var RetrieveSMESHInstance()
     PortableServer::POAManager_var pman = poa->the_POAManager();
     CORBA::PolicyList policies;
     policies.length(0);
-    Engines_Container_i *cont(KERNEL::getContainerSA());
+    auto *cont(KERNEL::getContainerSA());
     PortableServer::ObjectId *conId(cont->getCORBAId());
     //
     pman->activate();