PHP Fatal error when using taxonomy context module (Only variables can be passed by reference)

When activating taxonomy context module and trying to browse into a vocabulary page the page gets empty
Looking at my PHP logs I found the following errors:

PHP Fatal error: Only variables can be passed by reference in ..\modules\\taxonomy_context\taxonomy_context.module on line 269
PHP Fatal error: Only variables can be passed by reference in ..\modules\\taxonomy_context\taxonomy_context.module on line 284

       case 'term':
          $tidcurrs = preg_split('/[+ ,]/', arg(2));
          $context['tid'] = $tidcurrs[0];
 X -->    $top_parent = array_pop(taxonomy_get_parents_all($context['tid']));
          $context['root_tid'] = $top_parent->tid;
          $term = taxonomy_get_term($context['tid']);
          $context['vid'] = $term->vid;
          break;
      }
      break;
    case 'node':
      if (arg(2) == null) {
        $context['nid'] = arg(1);
        $tidscurr = taxonomy_node_get_terms(arg(1));
        foreach ($tidscurr as $tidcurr) {
          $context['tid'] = $tidcurr->tid;
          break;
        }
 X -->  $top_parent = array_pop(taxonomy_get_parents_all($context['tid']));
        $context['root_tid'] = $top_parent->tid;
        $term = taxonomy_get_term($context['tid']);
        $context['vid'] = $term->vid;
      }

Replacing the problematic lines with the following code solved the problem..

  //$top_parent = array_pop(taxonomy_get_parents_all($context['tid']));  
  $temp = array();
  $temp = taxonomy_get_parents_all($context['tid']);
  $top_parent = array_pop($temp);

Hope this helps someone...