diff --git a/src/core/qgis.cpp b/src/core/qgis.cpp
index 7e528e439d3..b222ce33b2d 100644
--- a/src/core/qgis.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgis.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 //
 
 // Version string
-const QString Qgis::QGIS_VERSION( QStringLiteral( VERSION ) );
+const QString Qgis::QGIS_VERSION( QString::fromUtf8( VERSION ) );
 
 // development version
 const char *Qgis::QGIS_DEV_VERSION = QGSVERSION;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const char *Qgis::QGIS_DEV_VERSION = QGSVERSION;
 const int Qgis::QGIS_VERSION_INT = VERSION_INT;
 
 // Release name
-const QString Qgis::QGIS_RELEASE_NAME( QStringLiteral( RELEASE_NAME ) );
+const QString Qgis::QGIS_RELEASE_NAME( QString::fromUtf8( RELEASE_NAME ) );
 
 const QString GEOPROJ4 = QStringLiteral( "+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +no_defs" );
 
diff --git a/src/core/raster/qgsrasterdataprovider.cpp b/src/core/raster/qgsrasterdataprovider.cpp
index f8b5f58ece7..d834a7b07ae 100644
--- a/src/core/raster/qgsrasterdataprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/core/raster/qgsrasterdataprovider.cpp
@@ -420,7 +420,10 @@ QgsRasterDataProvider *QgsRasterDataProvider::create( const QString &providerKey
                                  nBands, type, width,
                                  height, geoTransform, crs, createOptions );
   if ( !ret )
+  {
     QgsDebugMsg( "Cannot resolve 'createRasterDataProviderFunction' function in " + providerKey + " provider" );
+  }
+
   // TODO: it would be good to return invalid QgsRasterDataProvider
   // with QgsError set, but QgsRasterDataProvider has pure virtual methods