diff --git a/programs/winemenubuilder/winemenubuilder.c b/programs/winemenubuilder/winemenubuilder.c
index 0ae1383d4bf..fe4998fb373 100644
--- a/programs/winemenubuilder/winemenubuilder.c
+++ b/programs/winemenubuilder/winemenubuilder.c
@@ -2902,7 +2902,7 @@ static BOOL InvokeShellLinker( IShellLinkW *sl, LPCWSTR link, BOOL bWait )
 
             szArgs[0] = '"';
             lstrcpyW(szArgs + 1, szPath);
-            p[-1] = '"';
+            szArgs[lstrlenW(szArgs)] = '"';
 
             GetWindowsDirectoryW(szPath, MAX_PATH);
             lstrcatW(szPath, startW);