diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/intltest/intltest.cpp b/icu4c/source/test/intltest/intltest.cpp
index 59cae12c9a90..9f571dc277f4 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/intltest/intltest.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/intltest/intltest.cpp
@@ -1720,7 +1720,7 @@ const char *IntlTest::getSharedTestData(UErrorCode& err) {
 #define TOP ".." U_FILE_SEP_STRING ".." U_FILE_SEP_STRING ".." U_FILE_SEP_STRING ".." U_FILE_SEP_STRING
 #define TOP_TOP ".." U_FILE_SEP_STRING ".." U_FILE_SEP_STRING TOP
         srcDataDir = TOP "testdata" U_FILE_SEP_STRING;
-        testFile = TOP "testdata" FILE_NAME
+        testFile = TOP "testdata" FILE_NAME;
         if (!fileExists(testFile)) {
             srcDataDir = TOP_TOP "testdata" U_FILE_SEP_STRING;
             testFile = TOP_TOP "testdata" FILE_NAME;