diff --git a/src/msw/window.cpp b/src/msw/window.cpp
index 73cb9e08d3..e9acd3dc69 100644
--- a/src/msw/window.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/window.cpp
@@ -3193,7 +3193,8 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleDropFiles(WXWPARAM wParam)
 
     wxDropFilesEvent event(wxEVT_DROP_FILES, gwFilesDropped, files);
     event.m_eventObject = this;
-    event.m_pos.x = dropPoint.x; event.m_pos.x = dropPoint.y;
+    event.m_pos.x = dropPoint.x;
+    event.m_pos.y = dropPoint.y;
 
     bool rc = GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);