diff --git a/src/msw/filedlg.cpp b/src/msw/filedlg.cpp
index fab7ec98ee..d6b76c137f 100644
--- a/src/msw/filedlg.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/filedlg.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #ifdef __WIN32__
-# define wxMAXPATH   65536
+# define wxMAXPATH   65534
 #else
 # define wxMAXPATH   1024
 #endif