diff --git a/eo/src/utils/eoState.cpp b/eo/src/utils/eoState.cpp
index e8eec0dd..814a4aaa 100644
--- a/eo/src/utils/eoState.cpp
+++ b/eo/src/utils/eoState.cpp
@@ -188,10 +188,11 @@ string eoState::createObjectName(eoObject* obj)
     {
 #ifdef HAVE_SSTREAM
 	ostringstream os;
+        os << obj->className().c_str() << count++;
 #else
         ostrstream os;
-#endif
         os << obj->className().c_str() << count++ << ends;
+#endif
 
         name = os.str();
 
diff --git a/eo/src/utils/eoUpdater.cpp b/eo/src/utils/eoUpdater.cpp
index dd30b4b4..64b07dfc 100644
--- a/eo/src/utils/eoUpdater.cpp
+++ b/eo/src/utils/eoUpdater.cpp
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ void eoTimedStateSaver::operator()(void)
         
 #ifdef HAVE_SSTREAM
 	ostringstream os;
+        os << prefix << (now - first_time) << '.' << extension;
 #else
 	ostrstream os;
-#endif
         os << prefix << (now - first_time) << '.' << extension << ends;
+#endif
         state.save(os.str());
     }
 }
@@ -35,10 +36,11 @@ void eoCountedStateSaver::doItNow(void)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_SSTREAM
 	ostringstream os;
+  os << prefix << counter << '.' << extension;
 #else
 	ostrstream os;
-#endif
   os << prefix << counter << '.' << extension << ends;
+#endif
   state.save(os.str());
 }