diff --git a/src/detection/sound/sound_windows.cpp b/src/detection/sound/sound_windows.cpp
index c0cb58d5a..046ffd840 100644
--- a/src/detection/sound/sound_windows.cpp
+++ b/src/detection/sound/sound_windows.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 extern "C" {
     #include "sound.h"
-    #include "common/windows/unicode.h"
 }
+#include "common/windows/unicode.hpp"
 #include "common/windows/com.hpp"
+#include "common/windows/variant.hpp"
 
 #include <initguid.h>
 #include <mmdeviceapi.h>
@@ -76,10 +77,9 @@ const char* ffDetectSound(FFlist* devices /* List of FFSoundDevice */)
         ffStrbufInitStatic(&device->platformApi, "Core Audio APIs");
 
         {
-            PROPVARIANT __attribute__((__cleanup__(PropVariantClear))) friendlyName;
-            PropVariantInit(&friendlyName);
+            FFPropVariant friendlyName;
             if (SUCCEEDED(immPropStore->GetValue(PKEY_Device_FriendlyName, &friendlyName)))
-                ffStrbufSetWS(&device->name, friendlyName.pwszVal);
+                ffStrbufSetWSV(&device->name, friendlyName.get<std::wstring_view>());
         }
 
         IAudioEndpointVolume* FF_AUTO_RELEASE_COM_OBJECT immEndpointVolume;