diff --git a/src/win32/posix.h b/src/win32/posix.h
index 7803c9c84..0d5effe08 100644
--- a/src/win32/posix.h
+++ b/src/win32/posix.h
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ GIT_INLINE(int) p_link(const char *old, const char *new)
 
 GIT_INLINE(int) p_mkdir(const char *path, mode_t mode)
 {
-	git_win32_path_utf16 buf;
+	git_win32_path buf;
 	GIT_UNUSED(mode);
-	git__win32_path_utf8_to_16(buf, path);
+	git__win32_path_from_c(buf, path);
 	return _wmkdir(buf);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/win32/utf-conv.h b/src/win32/utf-conv.h
index 3cfb3514e..967db859e 100644
--- a/src/win32/utf-conv.h
+++ b/src/win32/utf-conv.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ GIT_INLINE(int) git__win32_path_from_c(git_win32_path dest, const char *src)
 	return git__utf8_to_16(dest, GIT_WIN_PATH_UTF16, src);
 }
 
-GIT_INLINE(int) git__win32_path_to_c(char *dest, const git_win32_path *src)
+GIT_INLINE(int) git__win32_path_to_c(char *dest, const git_win32_path src)
 {
 	return git__utf16_to_8(dest, GIT_WIN_PATH_UTF8, src);
 }