diff --git a/core/os/os2/errors_windows.odin b/core/os/os2/errors_windows.odin
index 938a12dbb..a7d951b1d 100644
--- a/core/os/os2/errors_windows.odin
+++ b/core/os/os2/errors_windows.odin
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ _error_string :: proc(errno: i32) -> string {
 
 	err := runtime.Type_Info_Enum_Value(e)
 
-	ti := &runtime.type_info_base(type_info_of(win32.System_Error)).variant.(^runtime.Type_Info_Enum)
+	ti := runtime.type_info_base(type_info_of(win32.System_Error)).variant.(^runtime.Type_Info_Enum)
 	if idx, ok := slice.binary_search(ti.values, err); ok {
 		return ti.names[idx]
 	}