diff --git a/dlls/kernel32/profile.c b/dlls/kernel32/profile.c
index c7382fd7b30..434728c267a 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel32/profile.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel32/profile.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static PROFILESECTION *PROFILE_Load(HANDLE hFile, ENCODING * pEncoding)
     WCHAR * szFile;
     const WCHAR *szLineStart, *szLineEnd;
     const WCHAR *szValueStart, *szEnd, *next_line;
-    int line = 0, len;
+    int len;
     PROFILESECTION *section, *first_section;
     PROFILESECTION **next_section;
     PROFILEKEY *key, *prev_key, **next_key;
@@ -402,14 +402,10 @@ static PROFILESECTION *PROFILE_Load(HANDLE hFile, ENCODING * pEncoding)
     while (next_line < szEnd)
     {
         szLineStart = next_line;
-        next_line = memchrW(szLineStart, '\n', szEnd - szLineStart);
-        if (!next_line) next_line = memchrW(szLineStart, '\r', szEnd - szLineStart);
-        if (!next_line) next_line = szEnd;
-        else next_line++;
+        while (next_line < szEnd && *next_line != '\n' && *next_line != '\r') next_line++;
+        while (next_line < szEnd && (*next_line == '\n' || *next_line == '\r')) next_line++;
         szLineEnd = next_line;
 
-        line++;
-
         /* get rid of white space */
         while (szLineStart < szLineEnd && PROFILE_isspaceW(*szLineStart)) szLineStart++;
         while ((szLineEnd > szLineStart) && PROFILE_isspaceW(szLineEnd[-1])) szLineEnd--;
@@ -421,8 +417,8 @@ static PROFILESECTION *PROFILE_Load(HANDLE hFile, ENCODING * pEncoding)
             for (len = szLineEnd - szLineStart; len > 0; len--) if (szLineStart[len - 1] == ']') break;
             if (!len)
             {
-                WARN("Invalid section header at line %d: %s\n",
-                    line, debugstr_wn(szLineStart, (int)(szLineEnd - szLineStart)) );
+                WARN("Invalid section header: %s\n",
+                    debugstr_wn(szLineStart, (int)(szLineEnd - szLineStart)) );
             }
             else
             {
@@ -450,7 +446,8 @@ static PROFILESECTION *PROFILE_Load(HANDLE hFile, ENCODING * pEncoding)
         /* get rid of white space after the name and before the start
          * of the value */
         len = szLineEnd - szLineStart;
-        if ((szValueStart = memchrW( szLineStart, '=', szLineEnd - szLineStart )) != NULL)
+        for (szValueStart = szLineStart; szValueStart < szLineEnd; szValueStart++) if (*szValueStart == '=') break;
+        if (szValueStart < szLineEnd)
         {
             const WCHAR *szNameEnd = szValueStart;
             while ((szNameEnd > szLineStart) && PROFILE_isspaceW(szNameEnd[-1])) szNameEnd--;
@@ -458,6 +455,7 @@ static PROFILESECTION *PROFILE_Load(HANDLE hFile, ENCODING * pEncoding)
             szValueStart++;
             while (szValueStart < szLineEnd && PROFILE_isspaceW(*szValueStart)) szValueStart++;
         }
+        else szValueStart = NULL;
 
         if (len || !prev_key || *prev_key->name)
         {
diff --git a/dlls/kernel32/volume.c b/dlls/kernel32/volume.c
index 7967a55b2fa..4f0f4a0a0fc 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel32/volume.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel32/volume.c
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ BOOL WINAPI GetVolumeInformationW( LPCWSTR root, LPWSTR label, DWORD label_len,
     IO_STATUS_BLOCK io;
     OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES attr;
     FILE_FS_DEVICE_INFORMATION info;
-    WCHAR *p;
+    unsigned int i;
     enum fs_type type = FS_UNKNOWN;
     BOOL ret = FALSE;
 
@@ -685,8 +685,8 @@ BOOL WINAPI GetVolumeInformationW( LPCWSTR root, LPWSTR label, DWORD label_len,
         return FALSE;
     }
     /* there must be exactly one backslash in the name, at the end */
-    p = memchrW( nt_name.Buffer + 4, '\\', (nt_name.Length - 4) / sizeof(WCHAR) );
-    if (p != nt_name.Buffer + nt_name.Length / sizeof(WCHAR) - 1)
+    for (i = 4; i < nt_name.Length / sizeof(WCHAR); i++) if (nt_name.Buffer[i] == '\\') break;
+    if (i != nt_name.Length / sizeof(WCHAR) - 1)
     {
         /* check if root contains an explicit subdir */
         if (root[0] && root[1] == ':') root += 2;