diff --git a/src/common/strvararg.cpp b/src/common/strvararg.cpp
index 0fdb2052b0..36b6af060b 100644
--- a/src/common/strvararg.cpp
+++ b/src/common/strvararg.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ wxString wxArgNormalizedString::GetString() const
             return wxString(wx_reinterpret_cast(const char*, m_ptr));
         else
     #endif
-        return wxString(wx_reinterpret_cast(const wchar_t*, m_ptr));
+        return wxString(wx_reinterpret_cast(const wxChar*, m_ptr));
 #endif // !wxUSE_UTF8_LOCALE_ONLY
 }