diff --git a/lib/std/os/windows/user32.zig b/lib/std/os/windows/user32.zig
index 9a058f35c0..95ae5f0149 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/windows/user32.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/windows/user32.zig
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ pub fn messageBoxA(hWnd: ?HWND, lpText: [*:0]const u8, lpCaption: [*:0]const u8,
 pub extern "user32" fn MessageBoxW(hWnd: ?HWND, lpText: [*:0]const u16, lpCaption: ?[*:0]const u16, uType: UINT) callconv(WINAPI) i32;
 pub var pfnMessageBoxW: @TypeOf(MessageBoxW) = undefined;
 pub fn messageBoxW(hWnd: ?HWND, lpText: [*:0]const u16, lpCaption: [*:0]const u16, uType: u32) !i32 {
-    const function = selectSymbol(pfnMessageBoxW, MessageBoxW, .win2k);
+    const function = selectSymbol(MessageBoxW, pfnMessageBoxW, .win2k);
     const value = function(hWnd, lpText, lpCaption, uType);
     if (value != 0) return value;
     switch (GetLastError()) {