diff --git a/libretroshare/src/pgp/pgphandler.cc b/libretroshare/src/pgp/pgphandler.cc
index 1ae09fe23..f3add34de 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/pgp/pgphandler.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/pgp/pgphandler.cc
@@ -1721,8 +1721,8 @@ bool PGPHandler::locked_syncPublicKeyring()
 bool PGPHandler::locked_syncTrustDatabase()
 {
 	struct stat64 buf ;
-	std::wstring wfullname;
 #ifdef WINDOWS_SYS
+	std::wstring wfullname;
 	librs::util::ConvertUtf8ToUtf16(_trustdb_path, wfullname);
 	if(-1 == _wstati64(wfullname.c_str(), &buf))
 #else