diff --git a/src/public/vscript/variant.h b/src/public/vscript/variant.h
index b7bd48a1..8e0155d9 100644
--- a/src/public/vscript/variant.h
+++ b/src/public/vscript/variant.h
@@ -955,7 +955,12 @@ inline bool CVariantBase<CValueAllocator>::AssignTo( const char **pszString ) co
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+#ifdef MAPBASE_VSCRIPT
+	*pszString = m_pszString;
+	return true;
+#else
 	return m_pszString;
+#endif
 }