diff --git a/src/common/dobjcmn.cpp b/src/common/dobjcmn.cpp
index 01a1a6699c..2b6ce68efb 100644
--- a/src/common/dobjcmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/dobjcmn.cpp
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ bool wxHTMLDataObject::SetData(size_t WXUNUSED(len), const void *buf)
         return false;
 
     // Windows and Mac always use UTF-8, and docs suggest GTK does as well.
-    const wxString html = wxString::FromUTF8(static_cast<const char*>(buf));
+    wxString html = wxString::FromUTF8(static_cast<const char*>(buf));
 
 #ifdef __WXMSW__
     // To be consistent with other platforms, we only add the Fragment part