diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-05-29-17-00-27.gh-issue-119690.tv6Zgs.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-05-29-17-00-27.gh-issue-119690.tv6Zgs.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..45e644c652b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-05-29-17-00-27.gh-issue-119690.tv6Zgs.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fixes data type confusion in audit event raised by
+``_winapi.CreateNamedPipe``.
diff --git a/Modules/_winapi.c b/Modules/_winapi.c
index 54eee9e8c3f..0376cc0a26f 100644
--- a/Modules/_winapi.c
+++ b/Modules/_winapi.c
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ _winapi_CreateNamedPipe_impl(PyObject *module, LPCTSTR name, DWORD open_mode,
 {
     HANDLE handle;
 
-    if (PySys_Audit("_winapi.CreateNamedPipe", "uII",
+    if (PySys_Audit("_winapi.CreateNamedPipe", "sII",
                     name, open_mode, pipe_mode) < 0) {
         return INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
     }