diff --git a/src/server/server-win.c b/src/server/server-win.c
index 8357e7e71fda72df1b968f966aacc626251ad422..6319ad2798f23c657f04e31c057b4ae829ead771 100644
--- a/src/server/server-win.c
+++ b/src/server/server-win.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ void run_request (prequest r) {
                  OPEN_ALWAYS,
                  FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
                  NULL);
-     si->hSdtInput = infilehandle;
+     si.hStdInput = infilehandle;
    }
    // if we don't set that flag, the stdout we just set won't even be looked at
    si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;