diff --git a/src/common/string.cpp b/src/common/string.cpp
index 02cb02a0ba..d0a6a44569 100644
--- a/src/common/string.cpp
+++ b/src/common/string.cpp
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ wxString wxString::FromAscii(const char *ascii)
     return FromAscii(ascii, wxStrlen(ascii));
 }
 
-wxString wxString::FromAscii(const char ascii)
+wxString wxString::FromAscii(char ascii)
 {
     // What do we do with '\0' ?