diff --git a/dlls/dinput/tests/keyboard.c b/dlls/dinput/tests/keyboard.c
index 7a64bbcf8af..302e178d1b1 100644
--- a/dlls/dinput/tests/keyboard.c
+++ b/dlls/dinput/tests/keyboard.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 const char * get_file_version(const char * file_name)
 {
     static char version[32];
+    static char backslash[] = "\\";
     DWORD size;
     DWORD handle;
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ const char * get_file_version(const char * file_name)
             if (GetFileVersionInfoA(file_name, handle, size, data)) {
                 VS_FIXEDFILEINFO *pFixedVersionInfo;
                 UINT len;
-                if (VerQueryValueA(data, "\\", (LPVOID *)&pFixedVersionInfo, &len)) {
+                if (VerQueryValueA(data, backslash, (LPVOID *)&pFixedVersionInfo, &len)) {
                     sprintf(version, "%ld.%ld.%ld.%ld",
                             pFixedVersionInfo->dwFileVersionMS >> 16,
                             pFixedVersionInfo->dwFileVersionMS & 0xffff,