diff --git a/hw/usb/dev-mtp.c b/hw/usb/dev-mtp.c
index 6b7d1296e4..963449ec7d 100644
--- a/hw/usb/dev-mtp.c
+++ b/hw/usb/dev-mtp.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ typedef struct {
     uint32_t assoc_desc;
     uint32_t seq_no; /*unused*/
     uint8_t length; /*part of filename field*/
-    uint16_t filename[0];
+    uint8_t filename[0]; /* UTF-16 encoded */
     char date_created[0]; /*unused*/
     char date_modified[0]; /*unused*/
     char keywords[0]; /*unused*/
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ static void usb_mtp_cancel_packet(USBDevice *dev, USBPacket *p)
     fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", __func__);
 }
 
-static char *utf16_to_str(uint8_t len, uint16_t *arr)
+static char *utf16_to_str(uint8_t len, uint8_t *str16)
 {
     wchar_t *wstr = g_new0(wchar_t, len + 1);
     int count, dlen;
@@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@ static char *utf16_to_str(uint8_t len, uint16_t *arr)
 
     for (count = 0; count < len; count++) {
         /* FIXME: not working for surrogate pairs */
-        wstr[count] = (wchar_t)arr[count];
+        wstr[count] = lduw_le_p(str16 + (count * 2));
     }
     wstr[count] = 0;