diff --git a/dlls/shell32/shell32_main.c b/dlls/shell32/shell32_main.c
index b974f8d63d..63f81f39b8 100644
--- a/dlls/shell32/shell32_main.c
+++ b/dlls/shell32/shell32_main.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ LPWSTR* WINAPI CommandLineToArgvW(LPCWSTR lpCmdline, int* numargs)
         /* Return the path to the executable */
         DWORD len, size=16;
 
-        hargv=GlobalAlloc(size, 0);
+        hargv=GlobalAlloc(0, size);
         argv=GlobalLock(hargv);
         for (;;)
         {