diff --git a/src/common/translation.cpp b/src/common/translation.cpp
index 83b6131294..23b57a056c 100644
--- a/src/common/translation.cpp
+++ b/src/common/translation.cpp
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ wxArrayString wxResourceTranslationsLoader::GetAvailableTranslations(const wxStr
     data.prefix.MakeLower(); // resource names are case insensitive
 
     if ( !EnumResourceNames(GetModule(),
-                            GetResourceType(),
+                            GetResourceType().t_str(),
                             EnumTranslations,
                             reinterpret_cast<LONG_PTR>(&data)) )
     {