diff --git a/modules/oji/src/scd.cpp b/modules/oji/src/scd.cpp
index 34e9925318f7..6b49e7058fae 100644
--- a/modules/oji/src/scd.cpp
+++ b/modules/oji/src/scd.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ nsSymantecDebugManager::SetDebugAgentPassword(PRInt32 pwd)
 //               ("SetWindowLong returned %ld (err=%d)\n", err, GetLastError()));
         /* continue so that we try to wake up the DebugManager */
     }
-    sem = OpenSemaphore(SEMAPHORE_MODIFY_STATE, FALSE, "Netscape-Symantec Debugger");
+    sem = OpenSemaphoreW(SEMAPHORE_MODIFY_STATE, FALSE, L"Netscape-Symantec Debugger");
     if (sem) {
         ReleaseSemaphore(sem, 1, NULL);
         CloseHandle(sem);