diff --git a/src/syscall/syscall_windows.go b/src/syscall/syscall_windows.go
index 76a2f5ad54..420fd9e4bb 100644
--- a/src/syscall/syscall_windows.go
+++ b/src/syscall/syscall_windows.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func utf16PtrToString(p *uint16) string {
 		n++
 	}
 	// Turn *uint16 into []uint16.
-	s := unsafe.Slice((*uint16)(unsafe.Pointer(p)), n)
+	s := unsafe.Slice(p, n)
 	// Decode []uint16 into string.
 	return string(utf16.Decode(s))
 }