diff --git a/AK/WeakPtr.h b/AK/WeakPtr.h
index ed2bf470c4..2ca7e23159 100644
--- a/AK/WeakPtr.h
+++ b/AK/WeakPtr.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public:
     {
         object.do_while_locked([&](U* obj) {
             if (obj)
-                obj->template make_weak_ptr<U>().take_link();
+                m_link = obj->template make_weak_ptr<U>().take_link();
         });
     }
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public:
     {
         object.do_while_locked([&](U* obj) {
             if (obj)
-                obj->template make_weak_ptr<U>().take_link();
+                m_link = obj->template make_weak_ptr<U>().take_link();
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/AK/Weakable.h b/AK/Weakable.h
index e598895ac9..4db6e1344d 100644
--- a/AK/Weakable.h
+++ b/AK/Weakable.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "Atomic.h"
 #include "RefCounted.h"
 #include "RefPtr.h"
+#include "StdLibExtras.h"
 #ifdef KERNEL
 #    include <Kernel/Arch/i386/CPU.h>
 #endif
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ class WeakLink : public RefCounted<WeakLink> {
     friend class WeakPtr;
 
 public:
-    template<typename T, typename PtrTraits = RefPtrTraits<T>>
+    template<typename T, typename PtrTraits = RefPtrTraits<T>, typename EnableIf<IsBaseOf<RefCountedBase, T>::value>::Type* = nullptr>
     RefPtr<T, PtrTraits> strong_ref() const
     {
         RefPtr<T, PtrTraits> ref;