diff --git a/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp b/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
index 9ec29a9c3d0..95990636b9d 100644
--- a/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
@@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@ QVariant QgsOgrProvider::defaultValue( int fieldId ) const
 
         if ( ! ok )
         {
-          QgsMessageLog::logMessage( tr( "Error retrieving next sequence value for %1" ).arg( QString( mOgrOrigLayer->name() ) ), tr( "OGR" ) );
+          QgsMessageLog::logMessage( tr( "Error retrieving next sequence value for %1" ).arg( QString::fromUtf8( mOgrOrigLayer->name() ) ), tr( "OGR" ) );
         }
       }
       else  // no sequence!
@@ -6923,4 +6923,3 @@ void QgsOgrProviderMetadata::saveConnection( const QgsAbstractProviderConnection
 }
 
 ///@endcond
-
diff --git a/src/core/qgssqliteutils.cpp b/src/core/qgssqliteutils.cpp
index 6f60d346e1c..b6125c77370 100644
--- a/src/core/qgssqliteutils.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgssqliteutils.cpp
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ long long QgsSqliteUtils::nextSequenceValue( sqlite3 *connection, const QString
     else // increment
     {
       if ( dsPtr.exec( QStringLiteral( "UPDATE sqlite_sequence SET seq = %1 WHERE name = %2" )
-                       .arg( QString::number( ++result ) )
-                       .arg( quotedTableName ), errorMessage ) != SQLITE_OK )
+                       .arg( QString::number( ++result ),
+                       quotedTableName ), errorMessage ) != SQLITE_OK )
       {
         errorMessage = QObject::tr( "Error retrieving default value for %1" ).arg( tableName );
         result = -1;