diff --git a/rtl/win/sysdl.inc b/rtl/win/sysdl.inc
index c3f5468a6e..d6a0586b2e 100644
--- a/rtl/win/sysdl.inc
+++ b/rtl/win/sysdl.inc
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ begin
                  MakeLangId(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
                  @temp[1], 255,nil);
   SetLength(temp,c);
-  Result:=String(temp);
+  Result:=AnsiString(temp);
 end;
 
 const