diff --git a/programs/winefile/winefile.c b/programs/winefile/winefile.c
index d2413d1399a..dee98c97206 100644
--- a/programs/winefile/winefile.c
+++ b/programs/winefile/winefile.c
@@ -1757,11 +1757,11 @@ static void PropDlg_DisplayValue(HWND hlbox, HWND hedit)
 
 static void CheckForFileInfo(struct PropertiesDialog* dlg, HWND hwnd, LPCWSTR strFilename)
 {
-	static WCHAR sBackSlash[] = {'\\','\0'};
-	static WCHAR sTranslation[] = {'\\','V','a','r','F','i','l','e','I','n','f','o','\\','T','r','a','n','s','l','a','t','i','o','n','\0'};
-	static WCHAR sStringFileInfo[] = {'\\','S','t','r','i','n','g','F','i','l','e','I','n','f','o','\\',
+        static const WCHAR sBackSlash[] = {'\\','\0'};
+        static const WCHAR sTranslation[] = {'\\','V','a','r','F','i','l','e','I','n','f','o','\\','T','r','a','n','s','l','a','t','i','o','n','\0'};
+        static const WCHAR sStringFileInfo[] = {'\\','S','t','r','i','n','g','F','i','l','e','I','n','f','o','\\',
 										'%','0','4','x','%','0','4','x','\\','%','s','\0'};
-        static WCHAR sFmt[] = {'%','d','.','%','d','.','%','d','.','%','d','\0'};
+        static const WCHAR sFmt[] = {'%','d','.','%','d','.','%','d','.','%','d','\0'};
 	DWORD dwVersionDataLen = GetFileVersionInfoSizeW(strFilename, NULL);
 
 	if (dwVersionDataLen) {