diff --git a/src/core/PaperScope.js b/src/core/PaperScope.js
index 99f9f441..609d4e9e 100644
--- a/src/core/PaperScope.js
+++ b/src/core/PaperScope.js
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ var PaperScope = Base.extend(/** @lends PaperScope# */{
      * @type View
      */
     getView: function() {
-        return this.project && this.project.getView();
+        var project = this.project;
+        return project && project._view;
     },
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/core/PaperScopeItem.js b/src/core/PaperScopeItem.js
index cd78676b..f03b8904 100644
--- a/src/core/PaperScopeItem.js
+++ b/src/core/PaperScopeItem.js
@@ -58,5 +58,9 @@ var PaperScopeItem = Base.extend(Emitter, /** @lends PaperScopeItem# */{
             this._scope[this._reference] = null;
         this._scope = null;
         return true;
+    },
+
+    getView: function() {
+        return this._scope.getView();
     }
 });
diff --git a/src/item/Item.js b/src/item/Item.js
index f12016a1..599c4596 100644
--- a/src/item/Item.js
+++ b/src/item/Item.js
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ var Item = Base.extend(Emitter, /** @lends Item# */{
      * @bean
      */
     getView: function() {
-        return this._project.getView();
+        return this._project._view;
     },
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/style/Style.js b/src/style/Style.js
index 2b496eb9..e747a0f1 100644
--- a/src/style/Style.js
+++ b/src/style/Style.js
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ var Style = Base.extend(new function() {
      * @type View
      */
     getView: function() {
-        return this._project.getView();
+        return this._project._view;
     },
 
     // Overrides
diff --git a/src/view/View.js b/src/view/View.js
index fa90de33..7d37d5e9 100644
--- a/src/view/View.js
+++ b/src/view/View.js
@@ -132,8 +132,9 @@ var View = Base.extend(Emitter, /** @lends View# */{
         View._views.splice(View._views.indexOf(this), 1);
         delete View._viewsById[this._id];
         // Unlink from project
-        if (this._project._view === this)
-            this._project._view = null;
+        var project = this._project;
+        if (project._view === this)
+            project._view = null;
 /*#*/ if (__options.environment == 'browser') {
         // Uninstall event handlers again for this view.
         DomEvent.remove(this._element, this._viewEvents);