diff --git a/library/modules/Filesystem.cpp b/library/modules/Filesystem.cpp
index 9f0df3097..2c3cf5dfe 100644
--- a/library/modules/Filesystem.cpp
+++ b/library/modules/Filesystem.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ bool DFHack::Filesystem::rmdir (std::string path)
 }
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-_filetype *mode2type (unsigned short mode) {
+_filetype mode2type (unsigned short mode) {
 #else
 _filetype mode2type (mode_t mode) {
 #endif