diff --git a/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_ob.cc b/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_ob.cc
index 8ecc5b3c0..e09096eb0 100644
--- a/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_ob.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_ob.cc
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  ******************************************************************************
  */
 
+#include "xenia/base/assert.h"
 #include "xenia/base/logging.h"
 #include "xenia/kernel/kernel_state.h"
 #include "xenia/kernel/util/shim_utils.h"
@@ -31,10 +32,15 @@ dword_result_t ObOpenObjectByName_entry(lpunknown_t obj_attributes_ptr,
   // r5 = 0
   // r6 = out_ptr (handle?)
 
-  auto name = util::TranslateAnsiStringAddress(
-      kernel_memory(),
-      xe::load_and_swap<uint32_t>(kernel_memory()->TranslateVirtual(
-          obj_attributes_ptr.guest_address() + 4)));
+  if (!obj_attributes_ptr) {
+    return X_STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER;
+  }
+
+  auto obj_attributes = kernel_memory()->TranslateVirtual<X_OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES*>(
+      obj_attributes_ptr);
+  assert_true(obj_attributes->name_ptr != 0);
+  auto name = util::TranslateAnsiStringAddress(kernel_memory(),
+                                               obj_attributes->name_ptr);
 
   X_HANDLE handle = X_INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
   X_STATUS result =
diff --git a/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_threading.cc b/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_threading.cc
index 7e6c605e4..5b3c97fc0 100644
--- a/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_threading.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_threading.cc
@@ -74,10 +74,12 @@ object_ref<T> LookupNamedObject(KernelState* kernel_state,
   if (!obj_attributes_ptr) {
     return nullptr;
   }
-  auto name = util::TranslateAnsiStringAddress(
-      kernel_state->memory(),
-      xe::load_and_swap<uint32_t>(
-          kernel_state->memory()->TranslateVirtual(obj_attributes_ptr + 4)));
+  auto obj_attributes =
+      kernel_state->memory()->TranslateVirtual<X_OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES*>(
+          obj_attributes_ptr);
+  assert_true(obj_attributes->name_ptr != 0);
+  auto name = util::TranslateAnsiStringAddress(kernel_state->memory(),
+                                               obj_attributes->name_ptr);
   if (!name.empty()) {
     X_HANDLE handle = X_INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
     X_RESULT result =