diff --git a/src/mrw/file.hxx b/src/mrw/file.hxx
index e1ed102..8915095 100644
--- a/src/mrw/file.hxx
+++ b/src/mrw/file.hxx
@@ -361,7 +361,8 @@ namespace mrw {
         static const std::string D("."), DD("..");
         static dirent* fake;
 #       if defined(WIN32) || defined(_WIN32) || defined(__MINGW32__)
-          if (!(_entry.entry()=readdir(_dir))) return false;
+        if (!(fake=readdir(_dir))) return false;
+        _entry.entry()=*fake;
 #       else
           if (readdir_r(_dir, &_entry.entry(), &fake) || !fake) return false;
 #       endif