diff --git a/src/common/serialization/vst3/host-application.cpp b/src/common/serialization/vst3/host-application.cpp
index d270e277..30f9a14e 100644
--- a/src/common/serialization/vst3/host-application.cpp
+++ b/src/common/serialization/vst3/host-application.cpp
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ YaHostApplication::ConstructArgs::ConstructArgs(
     if (context->getName(name_array) == Steinberg::kResultOk) {
 #ifdef __WINE__
         // Who even invented UTF-16
-        static_assert(sizeof(wchar_t) == sizeof(char16_t));
-#endif
+        static_assert(sizeof(Steinberg::Vst::TChar) == sizeof(char16_t));
         name = std::u16string(reinterpret_cast<const char16_t*>(name_array));
+#else
+        name = std::u16string(static_cast<const char16_t*>(name_array));
+#endif
     }
 }