diff --git a/windows/winmisc.c b/windows/winmisc.c
index 82216587..5bf52141 100644
--- a/windows/winmisc.c
+++ b/windows/winmisc.c
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ const char *win_strerror(int error)
                            MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
                            msgtext, lenof(msgtext)-1, NULL)) {
             sprintf(msgtext,
-                    "(unable to format: FormatMessage returned %d)", 
-                    error, GetLastError());
+                    "(unable to format: FormatMessage returned %d)",
+                    GetLastError());
         } else {
             int len = strlen(msgtext);
             if (len > 0 && msgtext[len-1] == '\n')