diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/shelllink.c b/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/shelllink.c
index 8ac305c77e5..717579786e2 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/shelllink.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/shelllink.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI IPersistFile_fnLoad(IPersistFile* iface, LPCOLESTR pszFile
         if( SUCCEEDED( r ) )
         {
             HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, This->sLinkPath);
-            This->sLinkPath = _wcsdup(pszFileName);
+            This->sLinkPath = strdupW(pszFileName);
             r = IPersistStream_Load(StreamThis, stm);
             ShellLink_UpdatePath(This->sPathRel, pszFileName, This->sWorkDir, &This->sPath);
             IStream_Release( stm );