diff --git a/mozilla/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapMailFolder.cpp b/mozilla/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapMailFolder.cpp
index 0ea15631405..fcbbe47f976 100644
--- a/mozilla/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapMailFolder.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapMailFolder.cpp
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ nsresult nsImapMailFolder::CreateSubFolders(nsFileSpec &path)
   char *folderName;
   for (nsDirectoryIterator dir(path, PR_FALSE); dir.Exists(); dir++) 
   {
-    nsFileSpec currentFolderPath = (nsFileSpec&)dir;
+    nsFileSpec currentFolderPath = dir.Spec();
     folderName = currentFolderPath.GetLeafName();
     currentFolderNameStr.AssignWithConversion(folderName);
     if (nsShouldIgnoreFile(currentFolderNameStr))
diff --git a/mozilla/mailnews/local/src/nsLocalMailFolder.cpp b/mozilla/mailnews/local/src/nsLocalMailFolder.cpp
index 9efd96b7b3d..e149a583f07 100644
--- a/mozilla/mailnews/local/src/nsLocalMailFolder.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/mailnews/local/src/nsLocalMailFolder.cpp
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ nsMsgLocalMailFolder::CreateSubFolders(nsFileSpec &path)
 	nsCOMPtr<nsIMsgFolder> child;
 
 	for (nsDirectoryIterator dir(path, PR_FALSE); dir.Exists(); dir++) {
-		nsFileSpec currentFolderPath = (nsFileSpec&)dir;
+		nsFileSpec currentFolderPath = dir.Spec();
 
     currentFolderPath.GetLeafName(currentFolderNameStr);
 		if (nsShouldIgnoreFile(currentFolderNameStr))