diff --git a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-macros-internal.h b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-macros-internal.h
index 65f2390ed..332abfac7 100644
--- a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-macros-internal.h
+++ b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-macros-internal.h
@@ -993,6 +993,7 @@ nm_str_realloc (char *str)
 	(cond) ? (str) : (str_else), \
 	(cond) ? (suffix) : ""
 #define NM_PRINT_FMT_QUOTE_STRING(arg) NM_PRINT_FMT_QUOTED((arg), "\"", (arg), "\"", "(null)")
+#define NM_PRINT_FMT_QUOTE_REF_STRING(arg) NM_PRINT_FMT_QUOTED((arg), "\"", (arg)->str, "\"", "(null)")
 
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