diff --git a/dlls/version/tests/info.c b/dlls/version/tests/info.c
index 5eafa491479..3a5f2c062ff 100644
--- a/dlls/version/tests/info.c
+++ b/dlls/version/tests/info.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static void test_info(void)
     {
     /* this test crashes on WinNT4
      */
-    boolret = VerQueryValueA( pVersionInfo, "\\", (LPVOID *)&pFixedVersionInfo, 0);
+    boolret = VerQueryValueA( pVersionInfo, backslash, (LPVOID *)&pFixedVersionInfo, 0);
     ok (boolret, "VerQueryValue failed: GetLastError = 0x%08x\n", GetLastError());
     }