diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llapp.cpp b/indra/llcommon/llapp.cpp
index 1ea888f2e01de88a38a40edc41fb4a7808fa28a8..eedec0b24e21f1db5f183d5ee5f36c192abdf99b 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/llapp.cpp
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llapp.cpp
@@ -366,7 +366,9 @@ void LLApp::setMiniDumpDir(const std::string &path)
 {
 	llassert(mExceptionHandler);
 #ifdef LL_WINDOWS
-	mExceptionHandler->set_dump_path(utf8str_to_wstring(path));
+	wchar_t buffer[MAX_MINDUMP_PATH_LENGTH];
+	mbstowcs(buffer, path.c_str(), MAX_MINDUMP_PATH_LENGTH);
+	mExceptionHandler->set_dump_path(std::wstring(buffer));
 #else
 	mExceptionHandler->set_dump_path(path);
 #endif