diff --git a/src/net/unixsock_windows_test.go b/src/net/unixsock_windows_test.go
index da08d4a1c5..c30916c838 100644
--- a/src/net/unixsock_windows_test.go
+++ b/src/net/unixsock_windows_test.go
@@ -75,13 +75,12 @@ func TestUnixAbstractLongNameNullStart(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Skip("unix test")
 	}
 
-	addr := "\x00abstract_test"
-	rsu := syscall.RawSockaddrUnix{}
-	paddedAddr := make([]byte, len(rsu.Path))
+	// Create an abstract socket name that starts with a null byte ("\x00")
+	// whose length is the maximum of RawSockaddrUnix Path len
+	paddedAddr := make([]byte, len(syscall.RawSockaddrUnix{}.Path))
 	copy(paddedAddr, "\x00abstract_test")
-	addr = string(paddedAddr)
 
-	la, err := ResolveUnixAddr("unix", addr)
+	la, err := ResolveUnixAddr("unix", string(paddedAddr))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}