diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/audio/AudioEngine.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/audio/AudioEngine.cpp
index f913f89ba..2eeb49bca 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/audio/AudioEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/audio/AudioEngine.cpp
@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ AudioEngine::performLoadTrack( const Tomahawk::result_ptr& result, QSharedPointe
         return;
     }
     tDebug( LOGEXTRA ) << Q_FUNC_INFO << ( result.isNull() ? QString() : result->url() );
+    QSharedPointer< QIODevice > ioToKeep = io;
 
     bool err = false;
     {
@@ -681,11 +682,22 @@ AudioEngine::performLoadTrack( const Tomahawk::result_ptr& result, QSharedPointe
 
             if ( !TomahawkUtils::isLocalResult( d->currentTrack->url() ) )
             {
-                if ( QNetworkReply* qnr_io = qobject_cast< QNetworkReply* >( io.data() ) )
-                    d->mediaObject->setCurrentSource( new QNR_IODeviceStream( qnr_io, this ) );
+                QSharedPointer<QNetworkReply> qnr = io.objectCast<QNetworkReply>();
+                if ( !qnr.isNull() )
+                {
+                    d->mediaObject->setCurrentSource( new QNR_IODeviceStream( qnr, this ) );
+                    // We keep track of the QNetworkReply in QNR_IODeviceStream
+                    // and Phonon handles the deletion of the
+                    // QNR_IODeviceStream object
+                    ioToKeep.clear();
+                    d->mediaObject->currentSource().setAutoDelete( true );
+                }
                 else
+                {
                     d->mediaObject->setCurrentSource( io.data() );
-                d->mediaObject->currentSource().setAutoDelete( false );
+                    // We handle the deletion via tracking in d->input
+                    d->mediaObject->currentSource().setAutoDelete( false );
+                }
             }
             else
             {
@@ -722,7 +734,7 @@ AudioEngine::performLoadTrack( const Tomahawk::result_ptr& result, QSharedPointe
                 d->input->close();
                 d->input.clear();
             }
-            d->input = io;
+            d->input = ioToKeep;
             queueState( Playing );
 
             if ( TomahawkSettings::instance()->privateListeningMode() != TomahawkSettings::FullyPrivate )
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/Qnr_IoDeviceStream.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/utils/Qnr_IoDeviceStream.cpp
index b46bb5a68..0176f452d 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/Qnr_IoDeviceStream.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/Qnr_IoDeviceStream.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ using namespace Tomahawk;
 // Feed Phonon in 1MiB blocks
 #define BLOCK_SIZE 1048576
 
-QNR_IODeviceStream::QNR_IODeviceStream( QNetworkReply* reply, QObject* parent )
+QNR_IODeviceStream::QNR_IODeviceStream( const QSharedPointer<QNetworkReply>& reply, QObject* parent )
     : Phonon::AbstractMediaStream( parent )
     , m_networkReply( reply )
     , m_pos( 0 )
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ QNR_IODeviceStream::QNR_IODeviceStream( QNetworkReply* reply, QObject* parent )
         }
         // Just consume all data that is already available.
         m_data = m_networkReply->readAll();
-        connect( m_networkReply, SIGNAL( readyRead() ), SLOT( readyRead() ) );
+        connect( m_networkReply.data(), SIGNAL( readyRead() ), SLOT( readyRead() ) );
     }
 
     m_timer->setInterval( 0 );
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/Qnr_IoDeviceStream.h b/src/libtomahawk/utils/Qnr_IoDeviceStream.h
index 9f13db03c..27f5d9ad4 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/Qnr_IoDeviceStream.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/Qnr_IoDeviceStream.h
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@
 
 #include <phonon/abstractmediastream.h>
 #include <QByteArray>
+#include <QNetworkReply>
+#include <QSharedPointer>
 
-class QNetworkReply;
 class QIODevice;
 class QTimer;
 
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ class DLLEXPORT QNR_IODeviceStream : public Phonon::AbstractMediaStream
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    explicit QNR_IODeviceStream( QNetworkReply* reply, QObject *parent = 0 );
+    explicit QNR_IODeviceStream( const QSharedPointer<QNetworkReply>& reply, QObject *parent = 0 );
     ~QNR_IODeviceStream();
 
     virtual void enoughData();
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ private slots:
 
 private:
     QByteArray m_data;
-    QNetworkReply *m_networkReply;
+    QSharedPointer<QNetworkReply> m_networkReply;
     qint64 m_pos;
     QTimer* m_timer;
 };