diff --git a/indra/newview/llappviewerwin32.cpp b/indra/newview/llappviewerwin32.cpp
index 5107030476eaf49e94a19eb0c84d783b3465a4a8..4268ecd91e8fdcdb1b33a4629c74ccd03b797507 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llappviewerwin32.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llappviewerwin32.cpp
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ void LLAppViewerWin32::initCrashReporting(bool reportFreeze)
 	PROCESS_INFORMATION processInfo;
 
 	std::wstring exe_wstr;
-	exe_wstr=wstringize(exe_path);
+	exe_wstr = utf8str_to_utf16str(exe_path);
 
 	std::wstring arg_wstr;
 	arg_wstr=wstringize(arg_str);