diff --git a/DevTools/ProfileViewer/DisassemblyModel.cpp b/DevTools/ProfileViewer/DisassemblyModel.cpp
index c0a0a3ddb69..b5d02aa353b 100644
--- a/DevTools/ProfileViewer/DisassemblyModel.cpp
+++ b/DevTools/ProfileViewer/DisassemblyModel.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ DisassemblyModel::DisassemblyModel(Profile& profile, ProfileNode& node)
     if (!m_file->is_valid())
         return;
 
-    auto elf_loader = make<ELF::Loader>((const u8*)m_file->data(), m_file->size());
+    auto elf_loader = ELF::Loader::create((const u8*)m_file->data(), m_file->size());
 
     auto symbol = elf_loader->find_symbol(node.address());
     if (!symbol.has_value())
diff --git a/DevTools/ProfileViewer/Profile.cpp b/DevTools/ProfileViewer/Profile.cpp
index 1d19b8e341e..b6653c876df 100644
--- a/DevTools/ProfileViewer/Profile.cpp
+++ b/DevTools/ProfileViewer/Profile.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <AK/HashTable.h>
 #include <AK/MappedFile.h>
 #include <AK/QuickSort.h>
+#include <AK/RefPtr.h>
 #include <LibCore/File.h>
 #include <LibELF/Loader.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -185,12 +186,12 @@ OwnPtr<Profile> Profile::load_from_perfcore_file(const StringView& path)
         return nullptr;
     }
 
-    auto elf_loader = make<ELF::Loader>(static_cast<const u8*>(elf_file.data()), elf_file.size());
+    auto elf_loader = ELF::Loader::create(static_cast<const u8*>(elf_file.data()), elf_file.size());
 
     MappedFile kernel_elf_file("/boot/kernel");
-    OwnPtr<ELF::Loader> kernel_elf_loader;
+    RefPtr<ELF::Loader> kernel_elf_loader;
     if (kernel_elf_file.is_valid())
-        kernel_elf_loader = make<ELF::Loader>(static_cast<const u8*>(kernel_elf_file.data()), kernel_elf_file.size());
+        kernel_elf_loader = ELF::Loader::create(static_cast<const u8*>(kernel_elf_file.data()), kernel_elf_file.size());
 
     auto events_value = object.get("events");
     if (!events_value.is_array())
diff --git a/Kernel/Process.cpp b/Kernel/Process.cpp
index 45c5623863c..c761a9fcf6f 100644
--- a/Kernel/Process.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Process.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include <AK/Demangle.h>
 #include <AK/FileSystemPath.h>
+#include <AK/RefPtr.h>
 #include <AK/ScopeGuard.h>
 #include <AK/StdLibExtras.h>
 #include <AK/StringBuilder.h>
@@ -885,7 +886,7 @@ int Process::do_exec(NonnullRefPtr<FileDescription> main_program_description, Ve
     u32 entry_eip = 0;
 
     MM.enter_process_paging_scope(*this);
-    OwnPtr<ELF::Loader> loader;
+    RefPtr<ELF::Loader> loader;
     {
         ArmedScopeGuard rollback_regions_guard([&]() {
             ASSERT(Process::current == this);
@@ -893,7 +894,7 @@ int Process::do_exec(NonnullRefPtr<FileDescription> main_program_description, Ve
             m_regions = move(old_regions);
             MM.enter_process_paging_scope(*this);
         });
-        loader = make<ELF::Loader>(region->vaddr().as_ptr(), loader_metadata.size);
+        loader = ELF::Loader::create(region->vaddr().as_ptr(), loader_metadata.size);
         // Load the correct executable -- either interp or main program.
         // FIXME: Once we actually load both interp and main, we'll need to be more clever about this.
         //     In that case, both will be ET_DYN objects, so they'll both be completely relocatable.
@@ -4888,7 +4889,7 @@ OwnPtr<Process::ELFBundle> Process::elf_bundle() const
     bundle->region = MM.allocate_kernel_region_with_vmobject(const_cast<SharedInodeVMObject&>(vmobject), vmobject.size(), "ELF bundle", Region::Access::Read);
     if (!bundle->region)
         return nullptr;
-    bundle->elf_loader = make<ELF::Loader>(bundle->region->vaddr().as_ptr(), bundle->region->size());
+    bundle->elf_loader = ELF::Loader::create(bundle->region->vaddr().as_ptr(), bundle->region->size());
     return bundle;
 }
 
diff --git a/Kernel/Process.h b/Kernel/Process.h
index e4148148bb4..789e3daf962 100644
--- a/Kernel/Process.h
+++ b/Kernel/Process.h
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ public:
 
     struct ELFBundle {
         OwnPtr<Region> region;
-        OwnPtr<ELF::Loader> elf_loader;
+        RefPtr<ELF::Loader> elf_loader;
     };
     OwnPtr<ELFBundle> elf_bundle() const;
 
diff --git a/Libraries/LibELF/Loader.h b/Libraries/LibELF/Loader.h
index f9ea2877a45..e585d0f9768 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibELF/Loader.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibELF/Loader.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #include <AK/Function.h>
 #include <AK/HashMap.h>
+#include <AK/NonnullRefPtr.h>
 #include <AK/OwnPtr.h>
 #include <AK/StringView.h>
 #include <AK/Vector.h>
@@ -42,9 +43,9 @@ class Region;
 
 namespace ELF {
 
-class Loader {
+class Loader : public RefCounted<Loader> {
 public:
-    explicit Loader(const u8*, size_t);
+    static NonnullRefPtr<Loader> create(const u8* data, size_t size) { return adopt(*new Loader(data, size)); }
     ~Loader();
 
     bool load();
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ public:
     Optional<Image::Symbol> find_symbol(u32 address, u32* offset = nullptr) const;
 
 private:
+    explicit Loader(const u8*, size_t);
+
     bool layout();
     bool perform_relocations();
     void* lookup(const ELF::Image::Symbol&);