diff --git a/2.x/trunk/ProcessHacker/basesupa.c b/2.x/trunk/ProcessHacker/basesupa.c
index 73a459e7e..73dc19c97 100644
--- a/2.x/trunk/ProcessHacker/basesupa.c
+++ b/2.x/trunk/ProcessHacker/basesupa.c
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ PPH_STRING PhaConcatStrings(
     return PHA_DEREFERENCE(PhConcatStrings_V(Count, argptr));
 }
 
+PPH_STRING PhaConcatStrings2(
+    __in PWSTR String1,
+    __in PWSTR String2
+    )
+{
+    return PHA_DEREFERENCE(PhConcatStrings2(String1, String2));
+}
+
 PPH_STRING PhaPrintfString(
     __in PWSTR Format,
     ...
diff --git a/2.x/trunk/ProcessHacker/include/phbase.h b/2.x/trunk/ProcessHacker/include/phbase.h
index db2536305..5596c9bfa 100644
--- a/2.x/trunk/ProcessHacker/include/phbase.h
+++ b/2.x/trunk/ProcessHacker/include/phbase.h
@@ -1142,6 +1142,11 @@ PPH_STRING PhaConcatStrings(
     ...
     );
 
+PPH_STRING PhaConcatStrings2(
+    __in PWSTR String1,
+    __in PWSTR String2
+    );
+
 PPH_STRING PhaLowerString(
     __in PPH_STRING String
     );
diff --git a/2.x/trunk/ProcessHacker/include/ref.h b/2.x/trunk/ProcessHacker/include/ref.h
index dd6f3c939..6adac0883 100644
--- a/2.x/trunk/ProcessHacker/include/ref.h
+++ b/2.x/trunk/ProcessHacker/include/ref.h
@@ -135,10 +135,19 @@ VOID PhDrainAutoPool(
 /**
  * Calls PhaDereferenceObject() and returns the given object.
  *
- * \param Object A pointer to an object.
+ * \param Object A pointer to an object. The value can be 
+ * null; in that case no action is performed.
  *
  * \return The value of \a Object.
  */
-#define PHA_DEREFERENCE(Object) (PhaDereferenceObject(Object), (Object))
+FORCEINLINE PVOID PHA_DEREFERENCE(
+    __in PVOID Object
+    )
+{
+    if (Object)
+        PhaDereferenceObject(Object);
+
+    return Object;
+}
 
 #endif