diff --git a/src/tools/msvc.jam b/src/tools/msvc.jam
index 80baa1e67..6d8bb8380 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc.jam
+++ b/src/tools/msvc.jam
@@ -996,11 +996,10 @@ if [ os.name ] in NT CYGWIN
             for local x in "" "Wow6432Node\\"
             {
                 vc-path += [ W32_GETREG
-                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\"$(x)$(.version-$(i)-reg)
+                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\"$(x)"\\Microsoft\\"$(.version-$(i)-reg)
                 : "ProductDir" ] ;
             }
             
-            
             if $(vc-path)
             {
                 vc-path = [ path.native [ path.join [ path.make-NT $(vc-path[1]) ] "bin" ] ] ;