diff --git a/dll/win32/browseui/shellfind/CSearchBar.cpp b/dll/win32/browseui/shellfind/CSearchBar.cpp
index 4463669ad2d..3c497030cb9 100644
--- a/dll/win32/browseui/shellfind/CSearchBar.cpp
+++ b/dll/win32/browseui/shellfind/CSearchBar.cpp
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ HRESULT CSearchBar::GetSearchResultsFolder(IShellBrowser **ppShellBrowser, HWND
 
 LRESULT CSearchBar::OnSearchButtonClicked(WORD wNotifyCode, WORD wID, HWND hWndCtl, BOOL& bHandled)
 {
-    CComHeapPtr<SearchStart> pSearchStart((SearchStart *)SHAlloc(sizeof(SearchStart)));
+    CComHeapPtr<SearchStart> pSearchStart(static_cast<SearchStart *>(CoTaskMemAlloc(sizeof(SearchStart))));
     GetDlgItemText(IDC_SEARCH_FILENAME, pSearchStart->szFileName, _countof(pSearchStart->szFileName));
     GetDlgItemText(IDC_SEARCH_QUERY, pSearchStart->szQuery, _countof(pSearchStart->szQuery));
     if (!GetAddressEditBoxPath(pSearchStart->szPath))