diff --git a/netwerk/util/src/nsNeckoUtil.cpp b/netwerk/util/src/nsNeckoUtil.cpp
index 6a85086aa6b4..caeb4dab08ae 100644
--- a/netwerk/util/src/nsNeckoUtil.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/util/src/nsNeckoUtil.cpp
@@ -123,4 +123,14 @@ NS_MakeAbsoluteURI(const nsString& spec, nsIURI* baseURI, nsString& result)
     return rv;
 }
 
+nsresult
+NS_NewLoadGroup(nsILoadGroup* *result)
+{
+    nsresult rv;
+    NS_WITH_SERVICE(nsIIOService, serv, kIOServiceCID, &rv);
+    if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return rv;
+    
+    return serv->NewLoadGroup(result);
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/netwerk/util/src/nsNetStreamLoader.cpp b/netwerk/util/src/nsNetStreamLoader.cpp
index a78109a9b3b9..eaa844ece5bd 100644
--- a/netwerk/util/src/nsNetStreamLoader.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/util/src/nsNetStreamLoader.cpp
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ nsUnicharStreamLoader::OnDataAvailable(nsISupports *ctxt,
   return rv;
 }
 
-extern NS_NET nsresult 
+extern nsresult 
 NS_NewUnicharStreamLoader(nsIUnicharStreamLoader** aInstancePtrResult,
                           nsIURI* aURL,
                           nsStreamCompleteFunc aFunc,