diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp
index 8e9a32164fd..8f1c32e32bf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ MingwToolChainFactory::MingwToolChainFactory()
 QList<ToolChain *> MingwToolChainFactory::autoDetect(const QList<ToolChain *> &alreadyKnown)
 {
     const Abi ha = Abi(Abi::hostAbi().architecture(), Abi::WindowsOS, Abi::WindowsMSysFlavor,
-                       Abi::PEFormat, ha.wordWidth());
+                       Abi::PEFormat, Abi::hostAbi().wordWidth());
     return autoDetectToolchains(QLatin1String("g++"), ha, alreadyKnown);
 }