diff --git a/core/debugger/remote_debugger.cpp b/core/debugger/remote_debugger.cpp
index fe9e468774e..6f2036705db 100644
--- a/core/debugger/remote_debugger.cpp
+++ b/core/debugger/remote_debugger.cpp
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ RemoteDebugger::RemoteDebugger(Ref<RemoteDebuggerPeer> p_peer) {
 	// Performance Profiler
 	Object *perf = Engine::get_singleton()->get_singleton_object("Performance");
 	if (perf) {
-		performance_profiler = Ref<PerformanceProfiler>(memnew(PerformanceProfiler(perf)));
+		performance_profiler.instantiate(perf);
 		performance_profiler->bind("performance");
 		profiler_enable("performance", true);
 	}
diff --git a/core/object/ref_counted.h b/core/object/ref_counted.h
index 228373d6625..10be27b8795 100644
--- a/core/object/ref_counted.h
+++ b/core/object/ref_counted.h
@@ -212,8 +212,9 @@ public:
 		reference = nullptr;
 	}
 
-	void instantiate() {
-		ref(memnew(T));
+	template <typename... VarArgs>
+	void instantiate(VarArgs... p_params) {
+		ref(memnew(T(p_params...)));
 	}
 
 	Ref() {}