diff --git a/src/joystick/windows/SDL_rawinputjoystick.c b/src/joystick/windows/SDL_rawinputjoystick.c
index cb29dd57f..7b0c987e3 100644
--- a/src/joystick/windows/SDL_rawinputjoystick.c
+++ b/src/joystick/windows/SDL_rawinputjoystick.c
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ RAWINPUT_InitWindowsGamingInput(RAWINPUT_DeviceContext *ctx)
             WindowsCreateStringReference_t WindowsCreateStringReferenceFunc = (WindowsCreateStringReference_t)GetProcAddress(hModule, "WindowsCreateStringReference");
             RoGetActivationFactory_t RoGetActivationFactoryFunc = (RoGetActivationFactory_t)GetProcAddress(hModule, "RoGetActivationFactory");
             if (WindowsCreateStringReferenceFunc && RoGetActivationFactoryFunc) {
-                LPTSTR pNamespace = L"Windows.Gaming.Input.Gamepad";
+                PCWSTR pNamespace = L"Windows.Gaming.Input.Gamepad";
                 HSTRING_HEADER hNamespaceStringHeader;
                 HSTRING hNamespaceString;
 
diff --git a/src/joystick/windows/SDL_windows_gaming_input.c b/src/joystick/windows/SDL_windows_gaming_input.c
index 787ea4c0f..bf522b4c8 100644
--- a/src/joystick/windows/SDL_windows_gaming_input.c
+++ b/src/joystick/windows/SDL_windows_gaming_input.c
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ WGI_JoystickInit(void)
         WindowsCreateStringReference_t WindowsCreateStringReferenceFunc = (WindowsCreateStringReference_t)GetProcAddress(hModule, "WindowsCreateStringReference");
         RoGetActivationFactory_t RoGetActivationFactoryFunc = (RoGetActivationFactory_t)GetProcAddress(hModule, "RoGetActivationFactory");
         if (WindowsCreateStringReferenceFunc && RoGetActivationFactoryFunc) {
-            LPTSTR pNamespace;
+            PCWSTR pNamespace;
             HSTRING_HEADER hNamespaceStringHeader;
             HSTRING hNamespaceString;