diff --git a/src/msw/font.cpp b/src/msw/font.cpp
index fde6b86faf..ac1a4d3cce 100644
--- a/src/msw/font.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/font.cpp
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ bool wxNativeFontInfo::FromString(const wxString& s)
         return false;
 
     // the face name may be empty
-    wxStrcpy(lf.lfFaceName, tokenizer.GetNextToken());
+    SetFaceName(tokenizer.GetNextToken());
 
     return true;
 }