diff --git a/Tools/ProtoProxy/Connection.cpp b/Tools/ProtoProxy/Connection.cpp
index c5916c1ca..eaf4fab02 100644
--- a/Tools/ProtoProxy/Connection.cpp
+++ b/Tools/ProtoProxy/Connection.cpp
@@ -1819,8 +1819,7 @@ bool cConnection::HandleServerKick(void)
 			Reason.append(Split[4]);
 			Reason.push_back(0);
 			Reason.append(Split[5]);
-			AString ReasonBE16;
-			UTF8ToRawBEUTF16(Reason.data(), Reason.size(), ReasonBE16);
+			AString ReasonBE16 = UTF8ToRawBEUTF16(Reason.data(), Reason.size());
 			AString PacketStart("\xff");
 			PacketStart.push_back((ReasonBE16.size() / 2) / 256);
 			PacketStart.push_back((ReasonBE16.size() / 2) % 256);
diff --git a/src/Protocol/ProtocolRecognizer.cpp b/src/Protocol/ProtocolRecognizer.cpp
index 93d7cf0aa..ef6802d2b 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/ProtocolRecognizer.cpp
+++ b/src/Protocol/ProtocolRecognizer.cpp
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ void cProtocolRecognizer::SendDisconnect(const AString & a_Reason)
 		static const int Packet = 0xff;  // PACKET_DISCONNECT
 		SendData((const char *)&Packet, 1);  // WriteByte()
 
-		AString & UTF16 = UTF8ToRawBEUTF16(a_Reason.c_str(), a_Reason.length());
+		AString UTF16 = UTF8ToRawBEUTF16(a_Reason.c_str(), a_Reason.length());
 		static const short Size = htons((short)(UTF16.size() / 2));
 		SendData((const char *)&Size, 2);  // WriteShort()
 		SendData(UTF16.data(), UTF16.size()); // WriteString()