diff --git a/layout/base/nsPresShell.cpp b/layout/base/nsPresShell.cpp
index 4f2e0de44534..6fa60bad09e2 100644
--- a/layout/base/nsPresShell.cpp
+++ b/layout/base/nsPresShell.cpp
@@ -4416,7 +4416,7 @@ nsresult PresShell::GetLinkLocation(nsIDOMNode* aNode, nsAString& aLocationStrin
   NS_ENSURE_ARG_POINTER(aNode);
   nsresult rv;
   nsAutoString anchorText;
-  static char strippedChars[] = {'\t','\r','\n'};
+  static const char strippedChars[] = "\t\r\n";
 
   // are we an anchor?
   nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMHTMLAnchorElement> anchor(do_QueryInterface(aNode));