--- a/dom/base/nsGlobalWindowOuter.cpp
+++ b/dom/base/nsGlobalWindowOuter.cpp
@@ -4978,17 +4978,17 @@ nsGlobalWindowOuter::HomeOuter(nsIPrinci
   nsAutoString homeURL;
   Preferences::GetLocalizedString(PREF_BROWSER_STARTUP_HOMEPAGE, homeURL);
 
   if (homeURL.IsEmpty()) {
     // if all else fails, use this
 #ifdef DEBUG_seth
     printf("all else failed.  using %s as the home page\n", DEFAULT_HOME_PAGE);
 #endif
-    CopyASCIItoUTF16(DEFAULT_HOME_PAGE, homeURL);
+    homeURL = NS_LITERAL_STRING(DEFAULT_HOME_PAGE);
   }
 
 #ifdef MOZ_PHOENIX
   {
     // Firefox lets the user specify multiple home pages to open in
     // individual tabs by separating them with '|'. Since we don't
     // have the machinery in place to easily open new tabs from here,
     // simply truncate the homeURL at the first '|' character to