diff --git a/dlls/oleaut32/vartype.c b/dlls/oleaut32/vartype.c
index 2ab54384a0f..9810d350c84 100644
--- a/dlls/oleaut32/vartype.c
+++ b/dlls/oleaut32/vartype.c
@@ -6408,7 +6408,7 @@ static BSTR VARIANT_BstrReplaceDecimal(const WCHAR * buff, LCID lcid, ULONG dwFl
   {
     WCHAR *p;
     WCHAR numbuff[256];
-    WCHAR empty[1] = {'\0'};
+    WCHAR empty[] = {'\0'};
     NUMBERFMTW minFormat;
 
     minFormat.NumDigits = 0;