diff --git a/src/msw/webview_ie.cpp b/src/msw/webview_ie.cpp
index 839acc92f3..6b40fbf820 100644
--- a/src/msw/webview_ie.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/webview_ie.cpp
@@ -1780,7 +1780,7 @@ HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE VirtualProtocol::ParseUrl(
         case wxPARSE_SECURITY_URL:
         case wxPARSE_SECURITY_DOMAIN:
         {
-            LPWSTR Result = L"http://localhost";
+            const wchar_t Result[] = L"http://localhost";
             size_t Len = wcslen(Result);
             if(cchResult <= Len)
                 return S_FALSE;