diff --git a/src/common/vfs.cpp b/src/common/vfs.cpp
index 69e51be50944c..4f22bfedb0dec 100644
--- a/src/common/vfs.cpp
+++ b/src/common/vfs.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Result<void, QString> Vfs::checkAvailability(const QString &path, Vfs::Mode mode
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
     if (mode == Mode::WindowsCfApi) {
         const auto info = QFileInfo(path);
-        if (QDir(info.canonicalPath()).isRoot()) {
+        if (QDir(info.canonicalFilePath()).isRoot()) {
             return tr("The Virtual filesystem feature does not support a drive as sync root");
         }
         const auto fs = FileSystem::fileSystemForPath(info.absoluteFilePath());