diff --git a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
index b56af5aee..fdcf07800 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-11-28  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* locale.cc (print_locale_with_codeset): Fetch Windows path as UNICODE
+	path and convert that to POSIX.
+
 2011-11-28  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* ps.cc: Remove all Win 9x considerations.  Use psapi functions
diff --git a/winsup/utils/locale.cc b/winsup/utils/locale.cc
index 8ce7a5253..572ed4bcf 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/locale.cc
+++ b/winsup/utils/locale.cc
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ print_locale_with_codeset (int verbose, loc_t *locale, bool utf8,
     return;
   if (!sysroot)
     {
-      char sysbuf[PATH_MAX];
+      WCHAR sysbuf[PATH_MAX];
       HMODULE k32 = GetModuleHandleW (L"kernel32.dll");
-      if (GetModuleFileName (k32, sysbuf, PATH_MAX))
-	sysroot = (const char *) cygwin_create_path (CCP_WIN_A_TO_POSIX,
+      if (GetModuleFileNameW (k32, sysbuf, PATH_MAX))
+	sysroot = (const char *) cygwin_create_path (CCP_WIN_W_TO_POSIX,
 						     sysbuf);
       if (!sysroot)
       	sysroot = "kernel32.dll";