diff --git a/src/msw/fontutil.cpp b/src/msw/fontutil.cpp
index 41d7adc1c2..dbf009105a 100644
--- a/src/msw/fontutil.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/fontutil.cpp
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ wxString wxNativeEncodingInfo::ToString() const
 bool wxGetNativeFontEncoding(wxFontEncoding encoding,
                              wxNativeEncodingInfo *info)
 {
-    wxCHECK_MSG( info, NULL, _T("bad pointer in wxGetNativeFontEncoding") );
+    wxCHECK_MSG( info, false, _T("bad pointer in wxGetNativeFontEncoding") );
 
     if ( encoding == wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT )
     {