diff --git a/dlls/gdi32/freetype.c b/dlls/gdi32/freetype.c
index cbbe5fe0f1f..53ebd191adc 100644
--- a/dlls/gdi32/freetype.c
+++ b/dlls/gdi32/freetype.c
@@ -1186,7 +1186,8 @@ static void load_fontconfig_fonts(void)
     FcObjectSet *os;
     FcFontSet *fontset;
     int i, len;
-    const char *file, *ext;
+    char *file;
+    const char *ext;
 
     fc_handle = wine_dlopen(SONAME_LIBFONTCONFIG, RTLD_NOW, NULL, 0);
     if(!fc_handle) {