diff --git a/paraview-5.4.1-jsoncpp_184.patch b/paraview-5.4.1-jsoncpp_184.patch
index c82490b..7bb440e 100644
--- a/paraview-5.4.1-jsoncpp_184.patch
+++ b/paraview-5.4.1-jsoncpp_184.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-commit d0a81cb5385bc6ec44b030ef98678be341d17c5e
+commit eebbc8945b52dde98445e0f87aeffdf0992e0354
 Author: Björn Esser <besser82@fedoraproject.org>
 Date:   Sun Jan 14 22:36:53 2018 +0100
 
@@ -7,15 +7,17 @@ Date:   Sun Jan 14 22:36:53 2018 +0100
     Fixes #17909
 
 diff --git a/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/Core/vtkSMSettings.cxx b/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/Core/vtkSMSettings.cxx
-index b6e2b5592a..22ac8da5d9 100644
+index b6e2b5592a..226180a5ba 100644
 --- a/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/Core/vtkSMSettings.cxx
 +++ b/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/Core/vtkSMSettings.cxx
-@@ -788,7 +788,9 @@ public:
+@@ -788,7 +788,11 @@ public:
            this->GetSettingBelowPriority(propertySettingCString, highestPriority);
          if (lowerPriorityValue.isNull())
          {
 -          if (!proxyValue.removeMember(property->GetXMLName()).isNull())
-+          Json::Value& removedValue;
++          // Can't use reference here, since we need a valid empty object for
++          // deep-copying the removed member.
++          Json::Value removedValue;
 +          if (proxyValue.removeMember(property->GetXMLName(), &removedValue) &&
 +            !removedValue.isNull())
            {